Here is my own contribution to the recipe trove.
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 6 slices of bread (day old stale bread is better)
- 3 teaspoons (or as much as you like) Coconut 'sandwich' chutney - fresh grated coconut, green chillies, coriander leaves, salt, sugar, cumin seeds whizzed in a blender till a smooth paste is formed
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 3 slices of cheese - optional
- Sriracha chilli sauce/any chilli sauce or finely chopped green chilly - optional
- Salt, to taste
- 1 tablespoon oil
Method:
- Spread the chutney on 3 slices of bread. If you want a squidgier, richer result, add a slice of cheese atop the chutney. Cover each slice with another slice of bread - basically, make sandwiches.
- Cut each sandwich on the diagonal, making 2 triangular sandwiches
- Whisk the eggs with milk, salt, chilly sauce/ chopped green chilly in a wide shallow bowl
- Stand the chutney sandwich triangles in the egg mixture for a minute. Turn over and let the egg soak into the other side of the sandwich as well.
- While the bread is soaking up the egg, heat a swirl of oil in a frying pan. Make sure that the bottom of the pan is covered properly with oil.
- Lift the egg-soaked sandwiches and place them in the pan. They WILL BE very fragile and prone to collapse, thanks to their dunking, so handle with kid gloves.
- Fry on both sides till golden brown.
- Serve piping hot with tomato ketchup or mint chutney.
Handy Tips:
#1: As you can see, this recipe is very flexible, and lends itself very well to variations. You can substitute the coconut chutney with a grated cheese-and-chopped-chillies mix, or a mint chutney, or your normal cheese spread. For a sweet version, you can slather on some peanut butter or jam (or both in a classic PB&J combo) or even Nutella onto the bread and dip these sandwiches in a mix of eggs, sugar, cream and fry till gloriously golden.
#2: Always use stale bread (at least a day old) for making French Toast - the drier the bread, the more it soaks up the eggy mixture and the tastier is the end result. A great way to use stale brittle bread!