Tasty Chilly Cheese Toast

Cheese is much loved food.  From kids to the elderly,  everyone enjoys a well made dish with cheese. A very popular dish at my home is Masala CheeseTtoast. We sometimes have it as a Sunday breakfast. On other occasions as  a tea time or after work snack and sometimes even as a Sunday evening meal accompanied with a bowl of soup. It's pretty simple to make and really delicious,  though  high on calories.

Ingredients

4-6 slices of bread

2 eggs

100 gms of cheese grated

1 cup milk

4 tblsps  maida or cornflour

1 small onion finely chopped

1 green chilly finely chopped

A few coriander leaves finely chopped ( optional)

Salt and pepper to taste

1 tspn butter

Oil for frying

Method

Break eggs in a flat bowl and beat well. Slowly start mixing in the maida with a little milk,alternating  gradually  till you have a thick mixture. Now mix  in the grated cheese and blend  well. Add salt, pepper, green chillies,onion, coriander  and mix well so that you have a thick mayonnaise like mixture. Taste for accuracy of salt. Heat oil in a kadhai. When hot, reduce the flame. Take 1 slice of bread at a time and evenly spread out the egg cheese mixture to cover the entire surface and slowly put the slice into the hot oil with the wet side facing downwards. Let the slice fry while occasionally moving it around till it is golden brown on the cheesy side. Now turn it over and let the other side also fry to Golden Brown. Drain out any excess oil and place on tissue. Cut each slice into 2 traingles diagonally. Similarly fry  all slices , arrange on a serving tray and serve with tomato ketchup, chilli sauce or green chutney.

You can also have the Low-Fat version by baking it in the oven for 10-15 minutes.

Divine trip to Amritsar and Dharamshala

Just back from a lovely trip to Amritsar and Dharamshala. Besides having memorable, spiritual moments, we had some great gastronomical experiences like yummy melt in the mouth, oh so fresh tikkis with chholas, chutney and dahi at a small stall on Bazar road in Mcleodganj, fabulous lassi and onion Khulcha, Paneer bhurji and parathas at Bharwan da Dhaba in Amritsar.
Our hotel in Dharamshala, Pong View served good ghar ka khana whenever we decided to have a meal there. What struck me was how well they used shredded ginger as a topping in most of their gravy dishes like Choley, aloo matar, aloo bhaaji etc. The one centimeter long ginger shreds gave a very fresh and delicious taste to each dish.

I am going to start doing the same at home.

Dakshinayan - Ultimate south-Indian food destination!

Being a vegetarian, Dakshinayan in Juhu, is one of my favourite restaurants for consistent fresh and yummy south- Indian delicacies and polite and quick service. Its a great restaurant for a Sunday breakfast- which is what we did today. The wide variety of melt-in-the-mouth idlis - steamed idli, rassam idli, butter idli, molgapudi idli, Kancheepuram idli are a good way to begin your sunday breakfast/brunch. Follow it up with Sada/cheese Sada, masala, rawa masala, adai or paper dosa or perhaps the delicious upma. If you are in the mood for a sweet, I would recommend Rawa Kesari and if you like something cool you could try the rose-almond ice-cream or the falooda.
For me no meal at this place is complete without a strong cup of filter coffee which is what I had today too.

Dakshinayan is also a good place for lunch, dinner or an evening snack and chat with friends.