Friday, May 14, 2010

Quick-fix Meals: Scrambled French Toast


I know the name of the dish sounds like a disaster in the kitchen, but I assure you it was an entirely planned recipe. Not an accident caused by toast-sticking-to-pan-and-getting-torn-into-smithereens. :D

This is one of the fastest breakfast dishes I have ever whipped up. And its just as well that it's yummy and filling too! Here's how you make it:

Break an egg into a small pan/saucepan
Add some milk and/or cream (see footnote)
Add salt to taste
Add a dash of any flavouring you like (This is optional) - I used chicken salt (delicious umami taste!) and a tiny squeeze of HOT Sriracha chilly sauce. (Other options can be chopped green chillies/black pepper/ herbs/ garlic/ onion/ ketchup/ mint chutney whathaveyou)
Add small pieces of bread (2 slices/1 pau)
Mix well
Put it on the stove and cook it on medium heat, stirring regularly, till cooked through. (See footnote)
Take off the heat, garnish with chopped coriander / dots of ketchup.
Serve piping hot with coffee/tea/hot chocolate on the side

How much milk to add, whether or not to add cream and how long to cook- all these depend on how you want the dish to be- close to soft -folds of scrambled eggs or more like crisp-on-the-outside-soft-in-the-middle French Toast.

Add more milk and cream and cook for a lesser time for soft scrambled eggs-like texture.
Skimp on the milk and cream and cook on high heat for the crisp outsides of a French Toast.

Either way, you get a bowlful of hot, tasty goodness you can scarf down in moments. The bread soaks up the eggy mixture to give you soft pillows of bites which burst with flavour.

Enjoy!

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