Besan Bread Toast - Vegan Recipe | Healthy | Quarantine Cooking at Home

Hey, homemade food alert!!!! As we all are staying home and have limited or no access to food delivery joints, so it is time to eat healthy food. Many Indian states have under curfew and there is limited access to groceries and essential commodities. This is the time when we should eat healthy so that our body functions well and we all can stay safe at home to avoid contact with the virus. So, today on the menu we have Besan Bread Toast - Vegan Recipe. Besan is also known as Gram Flour. Let's start preparation for it.

Ingredients Needed

200-250 grams Gram Flour (Besan)

Water (as required)

12 Vegan Bread Slices

Olive Oil

Vegetables

2-3 onions

1-2 tomatoes (or 2-3 tablespoons tomato paste)

2-3 Green Chillies

Coriander Leaves (as per taste)

Spices

1 teaspoon Turmeric

1 teaspoon Coriander Powder

1 teaspoon Black Pepper

1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder

Salt to taste

Preparation of Besan Mixture

1. Take a bowl and add besan (gram flour) in it.

2. Now, add filtered water and stir the mixture. Remember that mixture should not be too thick nor too thin.

3. Add coriander leaves and keep it aside for 20-25 minutes.

Preparation of Vegetables for Besan Mixture

1. Cut or chop or shred onions, tomatoes and green chillies. Now, add them to the besan mixture and mix well.

2. Add little bit of water to smooth the paste and mix well.

3. Now, add all the spices into the mixture and mix well. Keep the mixture aside for 5 minutes.

Preparation of Besan Bread Toast

Now, is the time to prepare Besan Bread Toast and have it with family.

1. Heat a non-stick pan or tawa.

2. Add Olive Oil or any other cooking oil as required on the tawa or pan. Let it heat for few seconds.

3. Take 1 slice of brown bread and dip it into the Besan Paste. Make sure that the besan paste sticks to both sides.

4. Put the bread slice onto the pan or tawa and let it cook over medium flame.

5. Keep a watch on bread slice, so that it doesn't burn. Turn it when one side is cooked.

6. Let the other side of the bread slice cook. Put few drops of oil if needed to make it crisp.

7. Low the flame and take the bread slice on a plate.

Enjoy having Vegan Besan Bread Toast or serve it with chutney, tomato sauce or curd!

Note:  If you don't have bread then follow the same procedure and keep the paste little thick. Now, pour 2 tablespoons of Besan Mixture onto the tawa or pan and cook it from both side. Serve Besan Pancakes and enjoy!

If you would like to see a video tutorial of the entire recipe then it is live on my YouTube channel. Watch it now here!

I hope this recipe would be useful to you! Let me know if you have tried Besan Bread Toast before and if you try it in future then do send me a picture. I would be happy to see it.

Thank You!

Amrit Kaur (Amy)

Lifestyle Blogger, Delhi, India

"This recipe is made by my mother."
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