Treacherous Tambram

By Sid • May 7th, 2007 • Category: Indian Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Snacks

This makes an interesting change from a routine breakfast - The Treacherous Tambram!

You’ll need:

Coconut Water
Toast
Mayo or butter
2 Eggs beaten with milk and a little salt (make the omelette! No recipes for that here.)
Selection of Vegetables
- Carrots (sliced thin)
- French beans (thinly chopped)
Curry Leaves
Black mustard seeds
Salt
Chilli powder
Whole dried red chilli
Chilli chutney powder
Urad dal
Oil

Heat some oil till its hot enough to make the mustard seeds crackle. Put in the mustard seeds, follow with the salt, chilli, whole dried red chilli and finally the curry leaves. Swirl it around a bit, then add the urad dal and then the vegetables. Lower the flame, cover the pan and leave it.

In the meanwhile, make the omelette, the toast and the chutney (by mixing some oil and the powder). You could also (carefully) hack open the green coconuts (if you have any) to extract the coconut water.

When the vegetables are done (cooked but a bit crunchy), take them off the flame. Cut the omelette into four quarters. Spread each toast with anything you like (mayo, butter, dairy free… whatever), cover it with the omelette quarter, top with the vegetables, sprinkle with the chutney and serve with a glass of chilled coconut water.

Remember to keep a patiently pained expression on your face whilst eating the stuff with a sterling silver fork and knife.

There you have it - ‘Perfectly done toast, spread with mayo or butter, covered with a thin, plain omelette, topped with a selection of vegetables cooked in a south Indian format, liberally splashed with chilli powder chutney, served with a tall chilled glass of coconut water‘.

-sid
ps: make it still more treacherous by adding a slice of ham under the omelette or a finely sliced rasher of bacon in the vegetables. also, you could roll and serve as a snack.

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