Banana Fruit Toast

Source: http://www.mrbreakfast.com/superdisplay.asp?recipeid=243

This morning Stella and I made breakfast for my family.

Result: Five Stars from the panda and me. The family hated it--one bite and the rest was rejected.

The quantities given below are for one serving:

Ingredients:

• 2 slices of bread
• 1 large banana
• 10 almonds - chopped
• cinnamon 

Directions:

Toast bread to a light golden brown. Peel the banana, mash it and then spread on toast as if it were butter. Sprinkle chopped almonds on that and then dust with cinnamon. Put the toasts in the toaster oven for 2-3 minutes to bring the flavors together. Serve warm.

Please excuse the quality of the phone-pictures. Personally, I loved the toast. My family i.e. my parents probably didn't like it because their tastes are more 'Indian' than the panda's and my own (or far less not-Indian?). My mother, in particular, tends to dislike things without the usual masalas and can't do breakfast without parantha and hari chutney.

Also, I learnt yesterday that cinnamon is dalchini in Hindi. DALCHINI!!!! All the amazing recipes I ignored because I thought cinnamon was some expensive, exotic thing!  

Ok, so tips to make 'Banana Fruit Toast' better:

1. Add a healthy sprinkling of cinnamon. Its all banana without it.
2. I found the bread was crispier and warmer after being microwaved for 1-2 minutes. However, it is possible that the problem for this lies with my oven.
3. Fruit juice or a cold glass of milk tastes nice with the banana toast.
4. Don't bother with it if you like chili and dislike bland or banana.

I recommend both this recipe and mrbreakfast.com for a day when you wake up early in the morning, have time on your hands and like to experiment with your food.

Finally, a comment on the name of the recipe. In Calcutta, one often sees roadside stalls with 'Bread Tost' on the menu. 'Tost' can also be found at MJ da's canteen, provider of humongously unhealthy food at a certain prestigious university of law (Caveat Emptor!). Perhaps I should rename this post, 'Banana Fruit Tost' because after all, I do live in Calcutta and once you get used to this city, you will find that its charm lies in things like having tost on the pavements.