Yellow Moong Toast
by Tarla Dalal
Truly unique, this Yellow Moong Toast is sure to become a hot favourite with anybody who tastes it. Bread is topped with a lip-smacking mixture of mashed potatoes and moong dal paste spiced up with myriad peppy ingredients, and deep-fried in oil till really crisp and golden brown in colour. This appetizing snack has a very pleasing texture that is thoroughly crisp outside and slightly spongy inside. Serve it with tongue-tickling accompaniments like Tabasco sauce and tomato ketchup.
Yellow Moong Toast recipe - How to make Yellow Moong Toast
Soaking Time: 30 minutes Preparation Time: Cooking Time: Total Time:
Makes 12 toasts
1/2 cup yellow moong dal (split yellow gram) , soaked for 30 minutes and drained
1/2 cup cooked and mashed potatoes
2 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
1 tsp chopped garlic (lehsun)
1/2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp green chilli paste
salt to taste
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch)
12 bread slices
oil for deep-frying
For Serving
tabasco sauce
tomato ketchup
- Method
- Combine the drained moong dal along with approx. 2 tbsp of water and blend in a mixer to a coarse paste.
- Transfer the mixture into a bowl, add the potatoes, cornflour, coriander, garlic, soya sauce, sugar, green chilli paste, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Divide the mixture into 12 equal portions.
- Place a bread slice on a flat surface and spread a portion of the mixture evenly over it.
- Heat the oil in a deep non-stick kadhai and slide the toast in it with the topping side facing downwards and deep-fry the toast on a medium flame till it turns golden brown in colour from both the sides.
- Repeat steps 4 and 5 to make 11 more toasts.
- Cut each toast diagonally into 2 and serve immediately with tobacco sauce or tomato ketchup.
its taste very nice..everybdy in my house loves it.. i hd prepared it for a party starter and all my frnds loved it..
This recipe is one of my favorite, though the bread is deep-fried it doesn''t contain much oil when drained on an absorbent paper, I serve these for parties and my guest have enjoyed every bite of it.