Monday, June 7, 2010

Potato Masala N Sesame Toast - French Toast Indian Style

Last memorial day weekend, my nephew was in town and spent the weekend with us. I treated him with all his favorite Indian food from chicken kadhai to shrimp balchao and masala vada to masala dosa. As a result, I had plenty of leftovers and didn’t have to cook much last week. Sometimes we are not in a mood to have the same food for 2-3 consecutive meals and I love to transform the leftovers into innovative tasty dishes. I had some leftover potato masala and coconut chutney that I made for the masala dosa and decided to make this Indian style French toast for a quick evening snack last week. This 'Potato Masala N Sesame Toast' was delicious and would make an excellent breakfast. I guess you can use any leftover curry (that goes well with egg) for the stuffing and make delicious French toast (Indian Ishtyle) with ingredients you have on hand.


Ingredients-
2 bread slices
1 egg
2 tbsps milk
1 cup Potato Masala/ Bhaji
2 tbsps Coconut Chutney
2 tsps tomato ketchup
2 tbsps chopped cilantro
Salt to taste
1 pinch pepper
Butter
Sesame seeds

Method -
1. Mash the potato masala to form a smooth mixture and add some chopped cilantro to it. Reserve a tbsp of cilantro for the egg batter.
2. Mix the tomato ketchup with the coconut chutney
3. Beat the egg and add the milk, salt, pepper, remaining chopped cilantro and mix well
4. Heat your skillet/ pan while you prepare the bread slices.
5. Spread some butter on the bread slices on one side followed by the chutney- ketchup mixture.
6. Now spread the potato stuffing on the bread to form a thin layer
7. Dip the bread slices in the egg batter and place them on the hot skillet with the stuffing side up. Sprinkle some sesame seeds on the bread. Fry both the sides by drizzling some melted butter around the bread slices. Fry till they turn golden brown.
8. Serve them hot with ketchup or chutney.



I'm sending these to Priya's Global Kadai - Indianized French Toast event and Helen and Sarah's 'Breakfast Club # 1 - Asian' event.

10 comments:

I'm a Home Chef !!! said...

wow gr8! perfect with tomato sauce...nice click too

Aruna Manikandan said...

toast looks gr8 ...
Looks delicious :-)

Rachana said...

these toasts look yumm!!!! A great way to use the leftover bhaji :-)

Shabitha Karthikeyan said...

Great Idea..Toast looks great !!!

Panchpakwan said...

Looks perfect with leftovers.

Priya Suresh said...

First time here, u have a beautiful space and enjoyed going through ur blog..Thanks for this beautiful toast Rachana, looks awesome and prefect for the event..

Anks said...

the idea is cool.... and i can imagine adding some cheese to this as a good vegetarian option! :)

TREAT AND TRICK said...

Hi....sounds interesting and delicious, love the addition of sesame on top....

Hayley said...

Delicious looking toast..like sesame on top!! I've posted one very similar recipe too few days ago...Semolina and almond toast..

Helen (Fuss Free Flavours) said...

These really do look great - I will be trying them.

Thanks for taking part in the 1st Breakfast Club - check by in a few days for July's theme.