French toast is a breakfast dish made is a dish made of bread soaked in milk, then in beaten eggs and then fried.
In my place, I don't make it sweet or use milk. Interested? Read on for this protein-rich breakfast.
Savoury French Toast
The other names of French toast are eggy bread, Bombay toast, German toast, gipsy toast, poor knights (of Windsor), or Torrija. The earlier name in French was aliter dulcia "another sweet dish where the recipe mentions soaking in milk. The French name is pain perdu or "lost bread as you are using stale or otherwise "lost" bread.
In egg and milk mixture, the slices of bread are dipped then fried on both sides. The best bread for French toast is day-old bread, as the stale bread will soak up more egg mixture without falling apart. The cooked slices can be eaten sweet with sugar or jam, honey, fruit or maple syrup. If you prefer them savoury serve with ketchup.
The other eggy dishes I have tried are Bhuna Masala Egg Curry, Devilled Eggs/Deviled Eggs/Eggs Mimosa, Anda Bhurji Wraps/ Scrambled Eggs Wrap ~Indian style, F for Fried Eggs, Egg Chat, Kerala Malabar Style |Mutta Biryani| Egg Biryani.
The main ingredients for Savoury French Toast are eggs, salt and pepper.
French Toast
Ingredients
- 4 slices Bread a day old
- 2 eggs
- ¼ teaspoon Pepper powder
- Salt to Taste
- Oil/ghee/butter to grease
Instructions
- In a big bowl, crack the eggs.
- Add the pepper powder, salt and beat the eggs until the pepper powder disperses in the eggs.
- Grease a non-stick tava/skillet and heat it. Keep the gas on sim all the time.
- Drop the bread in the egg mixture.
- With a fork or spoon turn the bread and transfer it to the tava.
- If you have greased your tava well you will not need to add more fat.
- Turn the bread with a spatula. Check if there are brown spots.
- Let the other side brown too.
- Serve immediately.
- These toasts can be served with homemade tomato sauce, but my family relishes them just plain.
Srivalli Jetti says
I remember fondly the french toasts I used to enjoy as a Kid...this savory version sounds good as well..easy to make and so filling too!
Sharmila Kingsly says
I have never tasted savoury version of french toast.. This looks yumm..
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
Love the savory version of this. Will try this for vaandu with cheese. Great share.
Sapna says
The savoury version of the French toast is rocking. A treat for egg lovers.
Vaishali says
Even I make savoury French toasts ... with chickpea flour :)) good pick !
Gayathri Kumar says
Even I prefer savoury to sweet. Your version looks simple yet absolutely yum. Great dish to start a day..
Priya Suresh says
I simply love french toast, either its sweet or savoury i can sit and have without any guilt at anytime of the day.
Sowmya says
I am not a big fan of the sweet French toast. Love this savoury version. Yum
Mayuri Patel says
My daughter and I used to have this on the weekends for brunch. I add green chili, ginger and garlic paste to the eggs.
ruchi indu says
Perfect french toast. I learnt this from my friends mom. Everyone loves this at my place.
Mayuri Patel says
Its our family's all time favorite. In fact this is what we like to prepare in a jiffy when we don't feel like cooking elaborate meals or don't want to spend too much time in the kitchen. For dinner or lunch we simply add a salad.
ArchanaPotdar says
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