Bombay Vegetable Grilled sandwich

This is a very popular street food in Bombay! It is amazing how fast the guys make these sandwiches and that too effortlessly.
 Trust me , this is a very easy and filling sandwich to make. Needs a little preparation earlier, but that is all. The fillings and chutney can be played around as per your taste. I do not have a grill or panini press and made these sandwiches on a regular tawa. If you like fancy grill marks,  use the grill pan. Grill marks or not you will love the taste of it.
The green chutney freezes very well if you make big batch. Just thaw the frozen chutney and use it any time.

Get Ready

 For the green chutney

• Cilantro 2-3 hand fulls including stems, washed
• 2-3green chillies
• handful of mint leaves
• squirt of lemon juice
• salt to taste

Sandwich Filling

• Red onion sliced
• 1 small potato boiled, peeled and sliced
• 1/4 beet root, peeled ,cooked & sliced
• Sliced tomatoes ( i did not use it)
• Sliced cucumbers
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• Chaat masala powder
• Bread slices
• Butter
  
  
  

Go

• In a blender add all the ingredients for green chutney and grind to a thick paste. Add little water and set aside
• Take a slice of bread and spread butter.
• On top of the butter, spread the green chutney
• Arrange sliced beets, cucumber or tomatoes.
• sprinkle chaat masala generously on top of the veggies
• Take another slice of bread and keep it on top. On the top layer of bread spread butter & green chutney
• Arrange potato slices, onion and sprinkle chaat masala

• Sprinkle cheese as per your taste

• Butter another slice of bread and cover the sandwich with that slice

• In a pan add a little butter or olive oil and toast the sandwich golden by pressing the top of the bread with a heavy spatula.
• Flip and cook both sides of bread till they are golden.

• Cut diagonally and serve the sandwich.

Enjoy this sandwich and tell me if you liked it!

Carrot Chutney Sandwich : Inspired by Mark's & Spencers Carrot & wensleydale sandwich

Any one who has tasted the M &S carrot chutney and Wensleydale cheese sandwich will elaborately tell you how good that one is! It is one of their best vegetarian sandwiches, hands down! i wish supermarkets here carried nice vegetarian sandwiches as the ydo in M & S, Sainsbury or Tesco!

The US markets have really limited options for vegetarian sandwiches !

I wanted to re create that sandwich here, but could not find any recipes on line. I was not sure what the equivalent of wensleydale cheese would be. After looking through the online resources, I came with this recipe and decided to substitute cheddar cheese for wensleydale cheese.



I open my fridge and found that I have only cheddar and colby grated cheese. I used what I had and am very pleased with the sandwich.  My variations were

* I used some grated ginger with carrots
*used some red chilli powder
*used less sugar , as my chutney had a little zing from the ginger and was not too sweet.
*used some cilantro
*made a sandwich and a wrap


So Here is the recipe

 Get Ready

For the sweet chutney

• 1 cup grated carrots
• 1 -2 tsp grated ginger ( optional)
• salt to taste
• 2 tsps dark brown sugar
•  salt to taste
•  1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1-2 tsp water
•  1 tsp ghee

To assemble sandwich

Bread/ tortillas

Mayonaisse

Cheddar cheese chopped/ grated

cilantro ( optional)

Go:

• In a pan, add the ghee . Once hot add the carrot and ginger and slight toss them around till fragrant.

• Now sprinkle some water, add required salt ,chilli powder and cook covered on a low flame.
• Add water little by little as needed till the carrots are soft.

• Add the  brown sugar.

• The carrot  mixture will be gooey.
• Cook stirring in between till the chutney comes around together leaving the sides of the pan, within 3-5 mins. 

• Turn the heat off and let it allow to cool.

 To assemble the sandwich

• Apply a thin layer of mayo on both sides of bread.

•  spread the sweet carrot chutney on one side. sprinkle cheese on top of the chutney.

•  you can add cilantro, or lettuce or baby spinach on top of the cheese
•  cover with another bread , cut and serve.

To make it as a wrap, use a flour tortilla. spread the mayo in circle, add the carrot chutney and greens of your choice. roll tightly, cut diagonally and serve.

Enjoy this lunch with some chips, yogurt or fuit!

A perfect sandwich for luch, birthday parties, back yard parties or book club gatherings.

Cheese and Onion Sandwich

I recently took a break from blogging and am back now. The family went on a few trips, made some memories and back to the glory land.

During our trip, we had some amazing sandwiches from Marks & Spencer's. My son's favorite was the cheese and onion sandwich and mine was the carrot and Wensleydale sandwich.

I wanted to recreate those sandwiches as I thought they would be perfect for school lunches. I made the cheese and onion one today and quickly took a picture of it on my i phone.

My teenage son liked it and will be in his packed lunch for sure. Pair it with a fruit, yogurt, chips and a drink, you have a pretty filling lunch for the kid.

Get Ready

• Spring onion/ scallion 2, washed and very finely chopped both green and white part
• 1-2 tbsp of Mayonnaise
• 2-3 tbsp of grated sharp cheddar cheese | add more if you like it)
• cracked black pepper
• 2 Bread slices ( I used Nature's own honey wheat )

Go

• In a bowl add the chopped spring onions, mayo, cheese, black pepper and mix until well combined.
• Spread the mixture on the bread slice and and cover it with another bread slice.
• Cut the sandwich diagonally and serve.

Enjoy the sandwich and remember to eat some mint after  :))