Finally…Finallyyy…FinaallllYYYY….it’s here!! My beautiful camera! It’s going to take me a while before I figure exactly how to maximize the camera’s potential but for now, just enjoying the feel of the camera in my hands and snapping random pics will suffice. So if some of the pics look like I could have done better, I totally agree with you.

I decided to kick start the blog and get myself back to cooking, snapping and posting with this easy yummy toast recipe. Famously known as Roti John, legend has it that it was a dish named after an English man who used to like his toast (Roti) prepared for him in this way. Unfortunately, nobody knew his real name and the stall owner merrily picked a most common English name to name the anonymous man - John. I’m just glad it’s not called Roti John Doe!

Ingredients:
2 cups - minced beef - washed and drained
1 tbsp meat curry powder
1 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp salt
5 eggs - beaten
1/8 cup milk (optional)
1 onion - diced
handful of cilantro - chopped
2 stalks of spring onion - chopped
1 red chili - sliced thinly slantwise
1 green chili - sliced thinly slantwise
salt to taste
oil
french loaf/baguette
butter

Method:

1. Pan fry the meat for 5 minutes. The liquid will start to ooze out and the meat will start to brown.



2. Add the curry powder, pepper and salt. Continue to cook the meat on medium high heat, stirring from time to time, until the liquid dries up and the meat is quite dry.



3. Leave the meat aside to cool.



4. In another bowl, beat eggs and add milk, onion, cilantro, spring onions, chilies and salt. Mix well.



5. Add the cooled meat into the egg mixture and mix well.



6. Slice the baguette into half length-wise. Then cut each half into 4 equal parts.

1. Spread a little butter onto each slice and place the bread onto a hot pan/griddle until slightly brown.



2. Remove from pan and dip the buttered side of the bread into the egg mixture. Use a fork to scoop the meat, onion etc onto the bread.



3. Heat about a tsp of oil on the griddle and quickly place the bread with egg and etc side of the bread onto the hot pan. Leave it to cook for 2 minutes before using a potato mashed to press onto the bread to help it cook well.
4. Flip the bread over and cook the other side a few minutes to make it crispy. Flip it over once again and make sure that the spread is well cooked before serving.



5. Serve hot with mayonnaise, tomato and chili sauce.