Tricolour Toast

India can always boast of an enticing spread, as India has many regions and cuisines, highlighting our cultural diversity. What better way to mark the day and a surge of patriotism, than with the hues of the Indian flag on your dining table. Go on – elevate a piece of bread into a fancy tricolour sandwich!

Make a topping mix: of 1 cup of grated cabbage, 1 cup of grated carrots, 1 cup of chopped spring onions and salt. Add 2 chopped green chillies too if you like it spicy.

Wet a few bread slices with milk.

Spread the topping on each slice evenly. Beat 2 eggs. Coat each slice with the beaten egg.

Warm butter on a grill or pan. Toast each slice evenly, making sure that the topping does not fall off.

By Firdous Basheer

Firdous is a mathematics tutor par excellence, and an award-winning chef and homemaker. She is a devoted wife and beloved mum to two boys, both studying for their engineering degrees. She has lived a major chunk of her life in the Middle East – in the UAE and in Saudi Arabia for the last 23 years. She is also an avid gardener who prides herself on raising homegrown vegetables. That, coaching children in mathematics online and catching up with friends in her spare time – are her passions.