East Indian
Kolkata Egg Toast (Diamond Toast)
Kolkata Egg Toast (Diamond Toast) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 bread slices
- 2 eggs
- 1 small, finely chopped onion
- 1 finely chopped green chilies
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp neutral oil
How to cook it
- Whisk the eggs in a shallow bowl with the chopped onion, green chili, cilantro, black pepper, and salt.
- Cut each bread slice diagonally into two triangles.
- Heat the oil on a griddle or wide pan over medium heat.
- Dip each bread triangle into the egg mixture, coating both sides briefly, then lay it straight on the hot griddle.
- Fry the dipped bread in batches for about 2 minutes per side, until the egg coating is golden and set.
- Serve hot, the diamond shaped pieces stacked together with a cup of tea.
Serve it with
A East Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kolkata Egg Toast (Diamond Toast), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kolkata Egg Toast (Diamond Toast) carries gluten and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Egg, Grains, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Kolkata Egg Toast (Diamond Toast) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on egg, bread, and onion.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from East India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.