Hot Szechuan Maggi Noodles

This is perfect for those days when the “maggi” mood strikes and you don’t feel like eating the plain old masala maggi. And variety is the spice of life, don’t you think?

What you need:

Maggi/ Any other instant noodles - One packet ( Anything except tomato, Preferably masala)

Water – One cup

Onion- 1 (small)

Garlic – 3 cloves

Dark Soy sauce – 2 Tbsp

Green Chilli Sauce – 1Tbsp

Oil – 1 Tbsp ( Any type)

Salt- a pinch

What to do:

Chop the onion into long thin slices ( This is how I like it, You can chop it into whatever type you are comfortable with), Crush the garlic and Chop into small peices

In a pan, pour the oil and before the oil gets too hot, Add the garlic and sauté. Add a pinch of salt so that the garlic doesn’t stick to the pan.

Once the garlic is brown, Add the onions and fry till it is translucent. At this stage, at a high flame, Add the Soy Sauce and the Chilli Sauce and put off the flame once you have mixed it all together. This should take about 5 seconds to do the Adding-Mixing process. You have to work fast.

Now that the sauce is ready, Cook the maggi according to the packet instructions.

Put the cooked maggi in a bowl and top it up with the onion garlic sauce and serve hot

Bon Appetite

(this recipe serves one; You can increase the proportion sizes to serve more people!)

Hot Jam French Toast

This is perfect for those mornings when you have slightly more time at hand and you are in a mood to indulge without actually piling up the calories. This is also a variant of Nigella’s Doughnut French toast.

What you need:

Bread, Sliced (White/brown) without the crust – 4 ; Preferably a day old, because they absorb more.

Egg – 1

Jam/Fruit preserve – 4 tablespoons. I usually prefer strawberry or mixed fruit. Blueberry might be an interesting option; maybe you should try it out!

Sugar (Powdered) - 2 tablespoon

Vanilla essence- 1 teaspoon

Milk- 2 tablespoon

What to do:

Over each piece of bread, Spread the jam and make into a sandwich. With slightly damp hands press the two pieces together so they stick to each other, make two of these

In a shallow bowl bre

ak the egg and whisk with a fork, till it becomes slightly homogeneous. Add the sugar and mix till it dissolves. Follow that with the vanilla and milk.

Dip the sandwiches in the egg mixture till the bread becomes eggy

Melt some unsalted butter( about quarter of a spoon) on a hot tawa and transfer the eggy bread on to it. If there is any egg and milk left in the bowl, Pour it over the egg at this point of time.

Once one side is brown, turn it over. I usually add a little sugar once one side is half brown before i turn it over again. This helps the bread to become extra caramelly and brown. Once both sides are cooked, slide on the plate and sprinkle some sugar on top (Only do this if your feeling realllllllllyyy indulgent! J )

You can eat it just like it is, Or top it up with some freshly cut strawberry and whipped cream. A light frothy Coffee completes the breakfast !

Bon Appetite!

(This recipe feeds one ; You can however, add one more tier to the sandwich and make it extra indulgent. Though it is not exxaaaactly adviced!! )