French Toast

French toast or egg bread as David calls it, is a favorite breakfast dish in my house. This is one of the only two ways David eats eggs, the other being eggs fried sunny side up. He refuses to eat eggs made any other way and that is extremely frustrating. But reserach says children refuse any new food twenty times before they decide to try it. So I have a long journey ahead of me, I guess. Phew! But that's just a mum's rant.

Coming back to today's post, French toast is a easy breakfast recipe and can be tweaked to suit individual tastes and preferences. Typically, french toast is sweet but I remember eating this snack in my office cafeteria, where the chef added green chillies to suit our palates and there was no hint of sweetness whatsoever. It was more like eating a masala omelette bread. :-) But it was a popular dish and I loved it for my evening snack.

It is a simple and easy breakfast recipe and can be made in a matter of minutes. This is not traditional French toast and I make it the way we like it at our home. But you can add more sugar (than mentioned) to the egg mixture and sprinkle some cinnamon powder for a more authentic taste.

Ingredients:

1. Egg - 1 no
2. Milk - 1 tbsp
3. Sugar - 1 tsp (as per taste)
4. Salt & pepper
5. Bread slices - 2 nos
6. Oil - for shallow frying

Method:

1. In a bowl, break the egg, add the milk, sugar, salt and pepper. Beat it well.
2. Dip one slice of bread completely and let it soak in the egg mixture.
3. Immediately transfer to a hot pan that has been drizzled with oil, and shallow fry on each side for a minute or two, till it is browned on both sides.
4. Repeat the same process with second slice. 
5. Serve with tomato sauce and a hot cup of tea/coffee/milk.