Eggless frenchtoast

For a long time, the only kind of French toast I had was the Savory herb flavored toast made with white bread dipped in Savory mixture of egg, chopped onions and tomatoes and shallow fried to bring out the crisp and soft toast. This is what I had been preparing at home for years till I saw the french toast in the IHOP menu and was presently surprised by the taste.yet I never prepared the sweet variety of the toast. 

Last weekend I went strawberry picking with family and got carried away. The sweet juicy strawberries straight out of the farm are simply too good to resist and strawberries kept adding up to our box. Each time we decided to stop, we saw a mouthwatering strawberry hanging on a bush. We ended getting more than we could consume. 

I don't like throwing food away so I was determined not to throw my strawberries away. My love for strawberries landed me 

To the pinterest of strawberry breakfast and I stumbled upon frenchtoast topped with strawberries.

The strawberries are in the batter and as the topping. I squished the chopped berries and mixed it to the batter to get the strawberry flavor and sliced it for the topping. The strawberries topped on the toast makes it simply irresistible. Other fruits like mango, blueberries and Raspberry could be a good alternative 

I have used flaxseed as egg replacement in this recipe. I generally use 1 tbsp of Flax seed and 3 tbsp of water and a pinch of baking soda as replacement of 1 egg. This time, I did not use baking soda. 

The flaxseed makes the batter sticky to stick to the bread. 

Chia seeds add extra crunch to the toast. They need to be soaked for about 20 minutes before preparing the toast. With the health benefits. These seeds have become quite popular recently among weight watcers for all the fibers and protien. They swell up to little gel balls and can be used to thicken the batter 

I have already used flaxseed and chia seeds in the recipe and now I didn't want to kill the 'healthy' part by adding sugar. I have used pure maple syrup as sweetener. Just one spoon has enough Sweetness. 

Serves - 4 ( 12 slices)

Recipe 

Ingredients 

Batter

Milk - 1 cup 

Flax seed - 3 tbsp 

Chia - 2 tbsp ( soak 2 tbsp chia seeds for 20 minutes)

Water-1/2 cup to soak chia

Salt- 1 pinch 

Strawberries ( chopped and squished) - 5-6

Maple syrup - 1 tbsp ( or 2 if you want it sweeter)

Toast

Bread slices cut diagonally - 6 slices 

Oil for frying 

Topping 

Banana - 1 

Strawberry -4 

Preparation :

Soak chia seeds in water for 20 minutes 

In a medium bowl, add milk,chia,Flax seed,salt, maple syrup and crushed strawberries and give a stir to combine 

Put the oil in flat frying pan for heating. 

In the meanwhile,Cut bread in half diagonally and keep aside 

Check the oil by putting a small bread crumb in it. If the crumb is browned as soon as it goes in oil, we can start Dip bread in the batter. Make sure that the bread is covered properly and immediately put in frying pan. Flip sides when one side I'd crisp

Remove from pan when both sides are done.Arrange in a plate and top it with sliced banana and strawberries