Blackberry French Toast

Blackberry French Toast is a basic tried and tested french toast recipe which I tweaked in a little. I made it colorful and interesting by adding chopped blackberries. The french toast was pretty with lovely speckles of berries on it. I made this for Sunday morning breakfast, when I like to indulge and treat myself in contrast to the weekday's regular cereals and oatmeal. Also check out my

Aloo Mutter / Peas Potato Curry

Any recipe with potato will make the dish a wonderful pairing with Chapathi / Roti, no matter whether the dish is dry or gravy. Aloo Mutter curry is no exception to this. It also goes well with Rice. I prepared this recipe with a bit of South Indian touch so that it can act as side dish to plain rice.

Ingredients:



Potatoes - 3 medium size

Peas - 1/4 cup

Tomato - 1 medium,chopped

Onion - 1 small,chopped

Ginger - 1 teaspoon minced

Garlic - 1 teaspoon minced

Red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon

Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon

Curry leaves - 1 string

Salt - to taste

Oil - 2 teaspoon

Urid Dal and Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric Powder - a pinch



Method:



1) Pressure cook the potatoes and peel the skin from them.

2) Chop the potatoes into small pieces.

3) In a Kadai/Frying pan, add oil and heat it.

4) Add mustard seeds and urid dal to the pan and allow them to splutter.

5) Add curry leaves followed by onion. Saute them.

6) When onions are translucent, add ginger and garlic mixture. Saute for few minutes.

7) Then, add finely chopped tomatoes and saute them till the tomato is mashed completely.

8) Add peas and sprinkle a bit of water to cook the peas. If you use dry peas, cook them separately and add them while cooking.

9) Add potatoes to the kadai. Also add red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric and salt. Mix them well.

10) Stir well and cover it for few minutes. Make sure the flame is in low and curry is not getting burnt.

11) Peas Potato Curry is ready and serve it hot with Roti or as a side dish to rice.

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