‘I am the one who always cooks,
And you just play with words in nooks!’
She went on to say that I must feed
Her a tasty dish and do a culinary deed.
I looked and smiled and then said
I’ll give you ‘French Toast’ brown and red!
And thus started my journey into the kitchen where I prepared six nice golden red pieces of French Toast dripping with yumminess!
French Toast_01
Now the truth is that even a French Toast isn’t all that easy to prepare if you’re the sort who love to eat but can’t properly beat even an egg! So I spent a few precious minutes reading lots of recipes on the net and realised that that this is one dish that isn’t very fussy about which bread you’re using. You can use French bread, Italian bread, white bread, whole-wheat bread, brown bread… and well, even purple or violet ones if they exist somewhere, I’m sure.
The ingredients that I used were:
6 thick slices bread
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/4 tsp or teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg (optional)
1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Salt to taste
French Toast_02
French Toast_03
STEP 01
Beat to mix, beat to taste
Nice and well, not in haste!
French Toast_04
STEP 02
Heat the skillet or some pan
With a little oil or you will fan
Protests that obesity
Will not have pity!
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STEP 03
Now dunk the slices six
In the spicy egg mix
Soak well both sides
Until they drip on sides
Then place in pan and cook
Every side, every nook
Then let everyone say: ‘Serve!
And our smile you deserve!’
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SERVE HOT!
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And thus I ended up waking the potential chef within me and now the kitchen is no longer a place that I visit to just brew my coffee or heat the milk in the microwave. I go there to try out some really experimental dishes.
Yes, you heard me right…
I love dashing my dishes with fancy thoughts
So they no longer fit in regular slots
They jump higher than the tallest ones
But some, I admit, do look like a dunce!
My final doodled recipe:
French Toast_08
My Doodle recipe is a part of Easy Doodle Recipe contest at BlogAdda.com in association with TastyKhana.com
Arvind Passey
10 October 2013
Note: All illustrations drawn by me
44 comments
Sangita Passey says:
Oct 10, 2013
Interesting presentation!
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 10, 2013
Ah! You’re the one who inspired it all! 🙂
Bushra says:
Oct 10, 2013
WOW! Just wow!
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 10, 2013
A wow! here and there a wow!
My French Toast now loves being a chow!
Thanks for reaching out and commenting on the post, Bushra. 🙂
Amin says:
Oct 10, 2013
May I raise a toast to the French Toast!
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 10, 2013
Yes, you may… and leave the rest of the bubbly with me. 🙂
Visit us some day… and I’ll make you prepare this French Toast.
Snehal says:
Oct 10, 2013
Love it! Will post it to our TastyKhana facebook page. Thanks for taking the effort
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 10, 2013
A mention on your FB page will be simply awesome! Thank you so much, Snehal. 🙂
This will surely egg me on to upload a few more of my favourite recipes as ‘doodle-recipes’! 🙂
sugandha says:
Oct 10, 2013
Finally I learnt how to make a french toast. I hate reading recipes…but it were your doodles that made me read it…
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 11, 2013
Thank you Sugandha… and yes, doodling does have the power to transform just about anything into a more readable format! 🙂
Shaivi says:
Oct 10, 2013
Super interesting!
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 11, 2013
Nice to get a compliment from you, Shaivi… thanks a lot! 🙂
There is another doodle-recipe that I uploaded today… do read the post.
Akanksha Dureja says:
Oct 11, 2013
I am coming over for a French Toast when ever I come to Delhi. 🙂
Oh, and some Sitaram ke choley bhaturey as well.
No plans of hopping over to London yet?
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 14, 2013
You’re welcome any time you happen to be in Delhi.
London might become a possibility in 2014… btw, my son is getting married in December. So if you’re here during that month, do reach Chandigarh. 🙂
Rathina Sankari says:
Oct 12, 2013
Loved your presentation. Your posts are refreshing
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 14, 2013
Thank you, Rathina… the truth is that I am not such a great cook but I do get in the kitchen everyday, sometimes just to give my wife company and chit-chat while she prepares food. 🙂
Diwakar Narayan says:
Oct 13, 2013
Your illustrations are surely adding to the post, or it would have been a boring one. The toast is worth a try 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 14, 2013
If the post was ‘boring’ without the illustrations it is time for me to sit up and do something about it! Thanks for sounding the alarm! 🙂
Afshan Khan says:
Oct 15, 2013
creative and tasty
All the best
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 15, 2013
Thanks a lot, Afshan… 🙂
Harsha says:
Oct 15, 2013
The Way you Present your Post with all these lovely Cartoons is simply amazing,It keeps the reader more inclined to it.. Great Post..:D
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 16, 2013
Thank you for like and appreciating the toons on my page… I’m just learning to draw and hope to get better in time.
Neo Prady says:
Oct 19, 2013
Oh wow…even i do french toast late mid nights to sustain the night. Good one sir.
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 21, 2013
Thanks a lot, buddy… hope you liked the text and the doodles both. 🙂
cezan says:
Oct 21, 2013
lovely
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 21, 2013
Thanks for reading the post and appreciating it, buddy. 🙂 Do reach out more often.
Mukta Varma says:
Oct 22, 2013
Loved the gup-shup along with your interesting doodles. A very inspiring post Arvind, makes me want to eat French toast like right now!!
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 25, 2013
You’re the chef here… I was just doing some fun doodling, Mukta. Hope I managed to write it all correctly. Thanks for liking the post. 🙂
BellyBytes says:
Oct 22, 2013
Oooh la la!
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 25, 2013
Hmmm… such comments make me go Mmmm… thanks you for finding it so obviously good. 🙂
Rani says:
Oct 24, 2013
Came over from the contest page. Lovely doodles you have there!
If I may ask, is that your writing or some font? (Is the art handmade or with the help of a software?)
Good luck! I think you’ll win 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 25, 2013
Thanks for liking the post… and for your wishes, Rani.
Well, the handwriting is my own, though it is all written with a stylus on my iPad… and I used a drawing app where I have absolute control over colour-mixing, brushes, and all that is necessary to create good art.
Rat says:
Oct 25, 2013
Simple recipe you made it presentable with your cool doodles. And I liked the way you rhymed for the toast 🙂
Arvind Passey says:
Oct 25, 2013
Thanks for your appreciative words, Rat… if I may call you by that name.
Writing rhymes is second nature for me… I do it all the time and most of them are not even written anywhere… they would be floating somewhere in some time zone and I hope to meet them some day.
Richa says:
Oct 28, 2013
your doodle recipe is so creative that even I m feeling like trying to doodle for once. though I dont know how to.. 😉
Arvind Passey says:
Nov 6, 2013
Ah! Thanks for this confidence… hope the judges of the contest are just as pleased. 🙂
Heena Shah-Dhedhi says:
Nov 27, 2013
Congrats. Very well deserved. Loved the chef looking over his shoulder.
Arvind Passey says:
Nov 29, 2013
Thank you Heena… haven’t read your post so far as I was on a travel assignment by Zee-TV… but will do that soon. 🙂
Destination Infinity says:
Nov 28, 2013
Congrats on winning the BA award 🙂 Quite an elaborate presentation for a simple recipe. I love simple cookery things – but even that I don’t make 😛
Destination Infinity
Arvind Passey says:
Nov 29, 2013
Nice to read words of appreciation from you, my friend. Thanks. 🙂
Even I don’t cook a lot… but I’m always there in the kitchen with my wife, helping her with vital tips! 🙂
Pratikshya Mishra says:
Dec 15, 2013
wow… the doodles, the illustrations were fab… loved those.. and a yummy dish tooo…
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 18, 2013
Thanks for the praise, Pratikshya… and yes,this post did win me a prize. 🙂
Pratikshya Mishra says:
Dec 15, 2013
wow… the doodles, the illustrations were fabulous
… loved those.. and a yummy dish tooo…
Arvind Passey says:
Dec 18, 2013
🙂