Bread soaked in coconut milk and cardamom

Coconut milk cardamom French toast

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Kerala-style bread pudding: slices of bread soaked in a mixture of beaten eggs, coconut milk, cardamom, and sesame seeds, then fried in butter.

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Coconut milk is used here instead of cow’s milk: this simple, slightly salty bread, flavored with cardamom, can be made in just ten minutes for breakfast or an afternoon snack.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time5 min
  • Cook time10 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total45 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodfrying pan
  • Estimated cost$10.43 $5.22 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

2 people
  • $1.20
  • $0.09
  • $9.14

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, eggs, cardamom, sesame seeds, and salt. ≈ 4 min
  2. Soak both sides of the bread slices in this mixture.
  3. Heat a frying pan and grease it with a little butter.
  4. Sear the slices on both sides until golden brown.
  5. Serve hot. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Coconut milk cardamom French toast

  • 3 eggs$1.20
  • 2 tablespoons of butter$0.09
  • 4 slices of whole-grain bread$9.14

Total$10.43

that's $5.22 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup of coconut milk
  • 3 eggs
  • A pinch of ground cardamom
  • A pinch of sesame seeds
  • A pinch of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 4 slices of whole-grain bread

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