Preparation Time : 30 minutes
Cooking Time : 1 hour
Serving : 4 members
Description
Toad in the hole . Sounds like a short story title in a story book , isn’t it ? But it’s the name of this dish . This recipes is from the magazine “recipes “, my brother had sent me as a surprise a few months bake . Not knowing what to cook for breakfast when my daughter and son – in – law were here . Was going through this magazine and came across this recipe . Sounded wired , easy and nice . Gave it a try and was quite bland and light . I would prefer adding some dried herds and chilli flakes to suit our Indian pallet . Very English thought . Now the word “English” just takes me to all the compliments I get now a days for my write ups ( more than my recipes at times :-)) ) I myself didn’t know I had this writing skill in me until I started my page . But I still feel my English teachers mrs .padmini menon and mr . Victor selvin are to take full credit for my write ups . Mrs . Padmini taught me until my 4 th standard . She was the one who taught me how to use a dictionary . We were asked to write down five new words from the dictionary every day with its meaning and frame a sentence using the word as home work . This helped me to gain knowledge in knowing new words . And mr . Victor selvin taught me from my 6 th standard on wards . His vocabulary and way of teaching and pronouncing words always excited me a lot . He never used to dictate , we were asked to copy the notes written by him on the black board With an awesome handwriting of his . I can never erase william Shakespeare’s julius ceasar as the way he taught us its just rooted deep into me . I have had an education just up to the 9 th standard . All this is possible to me because I had good teachers who inspired me and a school ( good shepherd public school , ooty ) that churned the best out of me .
Ingredients for toad in the hole
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Flour | 110 grams |
| Eggs | 3 |
| Milk | 150 ml |
| Water | 150 ml |
| Oil | 1 tablespoon |
| Sausages | 8 to 10 |
Ingredients for onion gravy
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Butter | 25 grams |
| Oil | 1 tablespoon |
| Onions | 3 big sliced |
| Brown sugar | 1 teaspoon |
| Flour | 25 grams |
| Stock cubes | 2 ( I used 2 maggi chicken stock cubes ) |
| Water | 500 ml |
| Pepper | to taste |
Method for toad in the hole
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius . For the batter , sift flour into a bowl , make a well in the centre and gradually whisk in the eggs .
- Followed by milk and water .Continue whisking until you have a smooth batter . Set aside to stand . Put the oil in a large baking tin and roast the sausages .
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until the oil is sizzling hot and the sausages are starting to brown .
- Remove the tin from the oven , pour the batter around the sausages and return to the oven for 30 -40 minutes or until the batter is puffed up and golden on top .
Method for the onion gravy
- Meanwhile , Melt butter and oil in a large heavy bottomed pan over medium heat .
- Add sliced onions and cook for 10 minutes , stirring occasionally .
- Add brown sugar , increase the heat and cook for a further 5-10 minutes until golden in colour .
- Remove from heat add flour and mix well . ( the amount of flour you use depends on how thick you want your gravy ) .
- Gradually add crushed stock cubes and water .Mix until the gravy is thick and smooth .
- Return the pan to the heat and bring slowly to boil , stirring all the time .
- Then simmer for 2 minutes . Add pepper and check salt . ( be careful with salt as the stock cubes contain a lot of salt ) .
- Taste and adjust . Remove the toad in the hole from the oven and Serve hot along with the onion gravy and some steamed veggies .
- you can add dried herds and chilli flakes to add more flavour .
