SriLaYa Recipes
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Crispy Toasts

Veg

Bread squares topped with a spiced mashed-potato-and-vegetable mixture, crumb-coated, and shallow-fried until crisp.

Prep time
30 min
Cook time
15 min
Total time
45 min
Servings
4
Difficulty
Easy
CategoriesFusion

Ingredients

  • 1 Bread (large loaf)
  • Oil (for frying)
  • 1/2 kg Boiled, mashed potato
  • 2 Tablespoons Vinegar
  • Chinese-style masala (prepared as described in the Spring Rolls recipe)
  • Dried bread crumbs (as needed)
  • 3 Tablespoons Maida (all-purpose flour) (mixed with a little water into a paste)

Instructions

  1. Trim the crusts off the bread slices and cut each into four small squares. Prepare the masala as described in the Spring Rolls recipe.
  2. Boil the potato, peel, and mash it smooth while still hot, with no lumps. Mix this mashed potato with the vegetable masala, along with a little vinegar, salt, and pepper powder.
  3. Spread a little of the masala onto a bread square, brush with the maida paste, dust with bread crumbs, and press down firmly by hand. Refrigerate for 1/2 hour.
  4. Heat oil in a pan and place 4 or 5 bread squares in, masala-side down. Flip gently once golden and cook the other side, then remove and drain the oil well.
  5. Serve hot with tomato sauce. Note: rather than a deep, curved pan, a flat-bottomed sauce pan or omelette pan with about an inch of hot oil makes frying the bread easier and gives better results.