French Toasts are just an easy and amazingly quick option for breakfasts. There are days when you want something sweet, so we have the traditional Sweet French Toast or there are days when you need that spicy kick right from the get-go and for those days we have Spicy French Toasts! Either way, we have you covered.
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Serves: 1 egg makes 2-3
Mixture for Sweet French Toast:
Egg – 1, well beaten
Milk – 1 tbsp (thin sliced bread) or 3 tbsp (thick french bread)
Sugar – 1.5 tsp or to taste
Bread – 2-3 sliced bread or 2 thick french bread
-Mix the above well and set aside for 10-15 minutes for the Sugar to mix in with the Egg.
-Heat a skillet and drizzle a little bit of Oil and allow it to heat up on medium heat.
-Dip the Bread in the Egg mixture and place it on the skillet.
-Allow it to cook on the underside and then flip and cook.
-Cook approximately 2 minutes on medium heat on both sides.
– Remove from the skillet and serve hot.
OR
Mixture for Spicy French Toast:
Egg – 1, well beaten
Milk – 1 tbsp (thin sliced bread) or 3 tbsp (thick french bread)
Salt – to taste
Red Chili Powder – to taste
Cilantro – finely chopped
Green Chilies – finely chopped
Black Pepper Powder – to taste
Garam Masala – to taste
Roasted Cumin Powder – to taste
Bread – 2-3 sliced bread or 2 thick french bread
-Mix the above well.
-Heat a skillet and drizzle a little bit of Oil and allow it to heat up on medium heat.
-Dip the Bread in the Egg mixture and place it on the skillet.
-Allow it to cook on the underside and then flip and cook.
-Cook approximately 2 minutes on medium heat on both sides.
– Remove from the skillet and serve hot.
Addendum to the above recipe:
Besan 1 Tbsp
I do not eat eggs or dairy and have a lot of experience sweet making French toast with alternatives, so I thought I would offer my solution to this recipe for savory which was fantastic!
Tofu, firm 1/4 block chopped into pieces roughly
liquid (milk, non-dairy milk) about a cup or to make dipping consistency
onion 1/4 cup roughly chopped
green chiles 1/4 cup chopped or to taste
red chiles dried few, crushed (I used chiles made with homemade dried soy-yogurt chiles)
curry podi 1 tsp
coriander podi 1 tsp
panch puran 1 tsp (or any spice mix you like)
salt 1 tsp or to taste
Place all ingredients into blender or as I did, a plain bowl and blend until a smooth batter with the hand-held immersion blender. Then place smooth batter into flat dish, dip thin sliced pieces of bread and fry in skillet.
I fried lightly in scant palm/coconut oil. Heavenly with coffee.
Hi Deborah,
Wow! Sounds like a fantastic recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Add 1 Tsp of Vanilla to the sweet egg batter. It smells and tastes great!!
We dont eat egg so can i substitute egg with anything else
Hi Aarti,
Here is a idea I got from an Aunt – take some roasted Rava and mix some buttermilk in it, spice it with some masalas and dip the bread and cook it the same way as shown in the video. She said it was great – different but great. Let me know if you do try it out 🙂
Here is a link for french toast, without eggs.
http://www.holycowvegan.net/2008/01/spicy-eggless-french-toast.html
Hi Fareeda,
Wow! We just got done filming our version of eggless French Toast that is similar to this one. Stay tuned! 🙂
Can you suggest, how to clean tava or skillet? it sometimes turn black cover on the top.
Hi Hetal and Anuja,
I watch your videos not only for the recipes, but also for the nice kitchenware that you use. You have the right things needed for the kitchen. I am waiting for your kitchen store to be up.
What pan are you using in this video? it does not look like the tawa we get from India. And are you placing it on 2 flames?
I have another silly question. What is that checkered board you have underneath? I see it in most of your videos. Does it serve any purpose or is it just used to accent your video? I’m very curious. Please let me know.
Hi Narmada,
Thank you for your nice email!
The kitchen store should be up and running in a couple of days. Meanwhile, here are all the answers to the questions you had:
The long pan is called a dual burner skillet and it can be bought at Bed Bath and Beyond and other bigger kitchen stores. And yes, it does go on 2 burners.
The checkered thing is a chopping board…we do use it but it is basically to add a new dimension to the show 😉
I made the spicy french toast for breakfast today. They were spectacular! I’m going to make them in small squares as appetizers for my next party 🙂
Hi Hetal & Anuja
I liked this recipe but I do not eat eggs. Can I use flaxseed/powder instead of the egg. You showed that on your Tip Tuesday. Will it work well?
Please reply soon.
Thanks!
Hi Alka,
French toast is probably not a good recipe to try out the flaxseed powder. It works best in recipes that egg is not a central focal point.
Oh! that’s sad 🙁
Anyways, thanks for your quick reply!
I like it savory but the rest of my family loves the authentic one.
Hi Sujatha,
Unfortunately, French Toast cannot be made without eggs (at least we have not seen it). The Kottu Parotta can definitely be made without the egg. You can just leave it out or add some yogurt or crumbled paneer.
Hi Hetal and Anuja
Wow it look so yummy. But can you please give another option for egg. I don’t eat egg.
I was so happy to see ur kottu parotta. will it be good if i don’t use the egg.
Thanks
For the spicy one try – red chilly powder, salt, ginger-garlic paste, pour some water and make it a fine paste. Add some milk and mix it well. Add egg and blend everything nicely. Dip the bread and roast it and serve it with a hot n spicy sauce.
What kind of pan is that?And where to get that?
this is non sticky pan…….
hi friends
its really a good recipe.But problem is that I donot eat eggs,so instead of eggs can I use butter or breadspread?
thanks
Wow!!Really nice and easy recipe.Thanks for both of you.
Just my 2 cents if you put in some finely grated ginger the spicy kind really tastes nice…..
hi
can u plz give me any veg option for eggs?
thanks
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