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SAVO(U)RY FRENCH TOAST

Add me to the fan club! This is like a delicious masala omelette in french toast form.

I wasn’t planning to make this this week, but then it was teatime on a lazy Saturday and I was starving and I had eggs, bread, and pico de gallo sitting around, so… :yum:

My bread was denser than brioche so I toasted it lightly to dry it out a bit to help absorption. Used up my ginger garlic paste yesterday so I just added done garlic powder. And a small spicy green chilli and a bit of extra minced red onion and plenty of cilantro to the pico.

The bread soaked up the egginess beautifully. I was thinking while I was pan-frying it that this may benefit from something for crispness, but when I ate it I dismissed the notion.

This is a delicious flavor-bomb, and pretty easy. I took some ketchup but decided I didn’t actually need an accompaniment, it’s fully flavored on its own.

I’ll add that it’s easy to veganize by using a paste of chickpea flour instead of eggs — we eat that version quite often at home (version of a bread pakoda).

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