Egg Toast Recipe (Egg & Bread Toast)

This Egg Toast is super easy to make under 10 mins! It is filling, delicious and easily customizable. Egg Toast is a popular Indian street food that’s loved by everyone. If you haven’t tried this eggs & bread toast yet, you are missing on a simple delicious breakfast option. In this post I share the basic version made with pantry staples like bread, eggs, veggies, spices & herbs. You can also transform this to a cheesy toast if you want.

About Egg Toast

Egg Toast is a simple dish of bread slices dipped in spiced egg & vegetable mixture and toasted to perfection. You are likely to find many different variations served as street food in Asian countries.

In India, you will see street vendors making these Egg Toast all day long and they are fast selling that everyone has to queue up waiting for their turn. It is also served in school and college canteens.

This Egg toast recipe uses a small amount of veggies like onions, tomatoes & optionally bell peppers. If you want to use veggies like mushrooms or spinach you may saute them first, cool and add to the beaten eggs.

Fresh herbs like coriander or parsley go well. Spices like Indian red chilli powder or paprika or chilli flakes add heat to your toast. You may substitute green chilies with black pepper.

Thick bread slices are best for this as you don’t want them to become too soft when cooked with the eggs.

My recipe shows you how to make a single serving of egg toast in a pan on the stovetop, if you are making it for the family you can easily make it in an oven following my instructions below in the recipe card.

Egg toast is eaten plain or sometimes with tomato ketchup. It can also be served with Masala Chai. If you want to serve it as a meal, Tomato Soup or this Sweet Corn Soup go well.

How to make Egg Toast (Stepwise photos)

Preparation

1. To a mixing bowl add

• 3 tablespoons chopped onions (or 2 to 3 shallots or green onions)
• 1 to 2 chopped green chilies or ¼ teaspoon black pepper crushed
• 1 sprig coriander leaves or parsley chopped fine
• 2 to 3 tablespoons ripe firm tomatoes (deseeded & chopped or bell peppers)
• ¼ to 1/3 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
• 1 pinch of turmeric

Tomatoes lend a slight tang and get a melt in the mouth texture when cooked with the egg. If you do not like you can skip or replace with finely chopped bell peppers.

2. Break the egg to the bowl.

3. Beat well with a fork or a egg beater.

Make the Egg Bread Toast

4. Heat a pan with 1 tablespoon oil or butter and spread it well.

5. When the pan is just hot enough, dip one side of the bread slice in egg. Do not over heat the pan. Dipping the entire bread at one time will leave the egg undercooked inside the bread. So just do one side first.

6. Place it on the pan. You can fry 2 to 3 slices at one time. 2 slices for a medium egg and 3 slices for a large egg. Make sure the flame is adjusted to medium.

7. When the egg is cooked, set them aside and pour the egg mixture to the pan. Allow it to cook a bit and cut in the center with the wooden spoon.

After the previous step, you can also pour the egg over the bread and then flip them. I do not prefer that way since it will mess up the pan while flipping and the egg remains undercooked on the sides. If you like that way, you can try. Make sure the egg is thoroughly cooked.

8. When it is almost cooked but still moist, place the cheese(optional) & bread slices over it. Press with the wooden spatula.

9. Flip it to the other side and make sure the egg is fully cooked on both sides. I also like to sprinkle some red chili powder for extra spice.

Serve egg toast hot.

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Recipe Card

Egg Toast Recipe

This egg toast is super quick to make for breakfast or snack. This egg bread toast is a popular street food from India. It is lightly spiced and made with basic ingredients. 

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Prep Time3 minutes

Cook Time5 minutes

Total Time8 minutes

Servings1

AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )

• ▢ 2 slices bread (prefer thick slices)
• ▢ 1 to 2 eggs
• ▢ ¼ to ⅓ salt (adjust to taste)
• ▢ 2 to 3 tablespoons onion or 2 to 3 shallots or green onions – chopped finely
• ▢ 1 green chilies chopped or ¼ teaspoon black pepper as needed
• ▢ 2 to 3 tablespoons tomato firm & ripe – deseeded & chopped or bell peppers
• ▢ pinch turmeric (optional)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon coriander leaves or parsley (chopped)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon oil or butter
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon red chili powder (or chilli flakes -optional for sprinkling)
• ▢ 1 to 2 slices cheese (optional) (mozzarella or any other)

Instructions

Preparation

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  Add chopped onions, chilies, tomatoes, coriander leaves, turmeric and salt to a bowl.
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  Break the egg and beat everything well.

How to make Egg Toast

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  Heat a pan with oil and spread it well.
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  Dip one side of the bread in the egg and place over the hot pan and cook until done.
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  Set the bread aside and pour the rest of the egg mixture to the pan. 
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  Cook it until slightly set and then place the cheese (optional), then the bread (untoasted side) over it and press.
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  Cook until the egg is completely cooked on both the sides.
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  Serve egg toast hot.

Egg Toast in Oven

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  Preheat the oven to 380 F or 160 C for at least 15 mins. Spread butter on one side of your bread and place them over a baking tray with the buttered side up.
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  Gently pour a few tablespoons of the egg mixture over the bread slices.
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  Place the tray in the middle rack and bake for 14 mins or until the eggs are thoroughly cooked through.

Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts

Egg Toast Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 346 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Fat 14g22%

Saturated Fat 2g13%

Cholesterol 163mg54%

Sodium 514mg22%

Potassium 560mg16%

Carbohydrates 42g14%

Fiber 6g25%

Sugar 10g11%

Protein 13g26%

Vitamin A 1100IU22%

Vitamin C 33.2mg40%

Calcium 140mg14%

Iron 3.8mg21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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