French Egg Casserole

Ingredients

• • Eggs (hard boiled, prepare: cut length wise into halves) - 3
• • Onions (prepare: sliced and deep fried to a golden brown colour) - 2
• • Peas (boiled) - ½ cup
• • Bread crumbs (dry) - 2 tablespoons

Ingredients For White Sauce (thin Sauce)

• • Butter - 3 tablespoons
• • Maida - 3 tablespoons
• • Milk - 3 ½ cups
• • Cheese (grated) - 25 grams
• • Salt - as required
• • Pepper - as required
• • Red chilly powder - ½ teaspoon (optional)

Method

• 1. Prepare the white sauce by melting butter in a heavy bottomed pan.
• 2. Add maida and stir for a minute. Remove from fire.
• 3. Add the milk, stirring continuously. Return to fire.
• 4. Cook, stirring continuously till slightly thick.
• 5. Add cheese, salt & pepper to taste.
• 6. Remove from fire and keep the white sauce aside.
• 7. To assemble the casserole, arrange a layer of fried onion to cover the bottom of the baking dish.
• 8. Arrange eggs on it.
• 9. Mix boiled peas with the prepared white sauce.
• 10. Pour the white sauce over the eggs.
• 11. Dredge with bread crumbs.
• 12. Bake for about 10 minutes, on the top rack of a hot oven till the dish gets browned.
• 13. Serve hot with buttered toasts.