Bread Besan Toast - Eggless Spicy French Toast - Quick Snack

Bread besan toast is a nice alternative to the French toast, for those who do not eat eggs. This is a very quick snack which can be prepared in less than 15 minutes. Use a wheat or multi-grain bread to make this evening snack a healthier option.

Ingredients
 

Bread - 3

Besan flour - 1/2 cup

Onion - 1/2, finely chopped

Coriander leaves - 1/2 tbsp, finely choped

Green chilli - 1, thinly sliced

Salt - as per taste

Hing - a pinch

Water - for making the batter

Oil/Ghee to toast 

 

Method

 

1. Mix all the above ingredients except bread to form a thin batter.

2. Dip each bread piece in the batter.

3. Heat the tawa, drizzle oil and toast both sides till light brown.While toasting press the bread slices so that all sides are cooked properly.

4. Cut each bread pieces into half diagonally.

5. Serve hot with tomato sauce!

Kaara Pori/Masala Pori/Spicy Puffed Rice

Masala pori is an easy and quick snack. When you don't have anything to munch on, you can make this snack in minutes and enjoy it along with your tea/coffee. Even kids will love this for its flavor, taste and cripiness. Now, here is the recipe for the quilt-free low calorie snack!!

Ingredients

Puffed rice - 2 cups
Fried gram/Pottu kadalai - 1 tbsp
Cashews -5 or 6, broken into small pieces
Ghee - 1 or 2 tsp
Garlic - 4 or 5, small ones
Curry leaves - few
Salt, chilli powder and turmeric powder as per taste

Method

Crush the garlic well without peeling off its skin. Keep all the ingredients nearby and ready to use.

Heat ghee in a pan, add garlic and saute for few seconds. Then add the fried gram and cashews together and fry them until they turn golden brown. Then add the curry leaves, turmeric powder and chilli powder, pori/puffed rice and salt. Fry till the pori becomes crisp. If your pori by itself is crispy, you may not have to fry for a long time. You can give a nice stir until everything mixes well and can turn off the stove.

Allow to cool down completely and store in an airtight container. Instead of cashews you can also add a handful of peanuts. In that case, you may have to fry them separately first and add to the pori finally.