Buttery onion rice and jazzed-up beans on toast – what to eat when you’re in the comfort zone

Melek Erdal’s jazzed-up beans on toast. Food styling: Henrietta Clancy. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

Melek Erdal’s jazzed-up beans on toast (pictured above)

Whenever I have friends round, it doesn’t matter what time, we make breakfasty food. It’s a bit like breaking the rules, but also feels comforting. This is a recipe that came out of lockdown, the most intense part where we were barely allowed to go out.