Saturday, November 01, 2008

French Toast á la Badshahpur

If you're tired of Spanish omelets, bacon and sausages - we have a treat for you today.

Celebrity Chef Joseph (fondly call Bobby by those who have tasted his cooking) will today do an outdoor demonstration of how to cook a tasty, healthy farm fresh egg and bread breakfast. 

As a great believer in the philosophy "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime", Chef Bobby does this demonstration by revealing the closely held secret recipe to the local Sous chef. The master chef also demonstrates his ability to adapt cooking styles and be innovative in using the limited utensils and ingredients available in this rustic setting. Let’s now listen to the great chef instruct his pupil and the on-looking bikers.

Step 1. “Now if we are going to feed ten hungry bikers and keep them healthy we need to separate the egg white and yolk. We will give the yellow stuff to the slim and trim bikers, and the white stuff to the tubby ones who have already gorged on samosas. And this way we only need 10 eggs to make 20 two egg omelets (wah kya idea sirji!)”.

Step 2. “Then we whisk to make it fluffy. No no no, don’t bother cleaning the spoon – it’s part of the secret recipe.”

Step 3. “Then some freshly crushed black pepper, chopped green coriander, finely diced tomatoes, chopped onion shallots and add sea salt to taste. It’s best to use a sharp but rusty knife for this since we do want to get some iron into our bikers blood stream, and do sprinkle in some egg shells for strong bones”.

Step 4. “And so finally we are ready to fry the mix. If you have an oil sprayer and non-stick then use that, but here I will just shout at the buffoon to use as little oil as possible. I picked this tantrum thingy from my friend Ramsay and it usually works well, but here it seems that young Chef de Partie insists on doling out the oil – oh well c’est la vie. Throw the bread on the eggs and fry well till everything sticks together and there we have French Toast á la Badshahpur!”


Of course if you throw in a 50km bike ride, a changed flat tire, some great scenery, a visit to a deserted dargah, a conversation about “Saat Ajubey” with the locals and lots of wind in your hair (or helmet), you can make it taste like no other omelet you ever tasted.