Ingredients
• Brown bread 8 slices
• Olive oil 2 teaspoons
• Garlic,chopped 2 cloves
• Spring onions,chopped 5-6
• Button mushrooms,chopped Fresh 5-6
• Celery,chopped optional 1 stalk
• Red chilli flakes 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper powder to taste
• Cheese,grated 4 tablespoons
Method
Take brown bread slices and apply butter on one side (if required). Set aside. In a non-stick frying pan, heat olive oil and sauté garlic and spring onions for two minutes. Add mushrooms and celery and stir-fry for two minutes. Add paprika powder, salt and black pepper powder and sauté for two to three minutes. Remove from heat and divide this filling into four portions. Put one portion of the filling on one side of a bread slice and spread it evenly. Sprinkle one tablespoon of grated cheese on top and cover it with a slice of buttered bread. Serve immediately. Similarly make the other remaining three sandwiches.
Sandwich
Russian Sandwich
Ingredients
8 whole wheat bread slices
To Be Mixed Into A Stuffing
1 1/2 cups finely choppedand boiled
vegetables (cabbage,carrots,green peas,cauliflower ,potatoes , french beans)
1/2 cup low-calorie mayonnaise
4 tsp thick low-fat curds
1/3 cup grated carrot
1 tsp mustard (rai / sarson) powder
salt and freshly ground black pepper powder
powder to taste
Method
Divide the stuffing into 4 equal portions and keep aside.
Place a bread slice on a clean, dry surface, spread a portion of the stuffing evenly over it.
Sandwich using another bread slice on it and press it lightly.
Repeat with the remaining bread slices and stuffing to make 3 more sandwiches.
Cut each sandwich in 2 equal pieces and serve immediately.
Black Olive Pesto Sandwich
Ingredients
For The Black Olive Pesto
1/4 cup chopped pinenuts or walnuts
1 cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp chopped garlic
salt and freshly ground black pepper powder to taste
12 black olives, finely chopped
Other Ingredients
8 whole wheat bread slices, lightly buttered
4 cheese slices
2 sliced tomatoes
salt and freshly ground black pepper powder to taste
For the pesto
1. Heat a small non-stick pan, add the pinenuts or walnuts and toast them lightly on a slow flame while stirring continuously. Keep aside.
2. When cool, combine all the ingredients together except the olives and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste.
3. Add the olives and mix well.
How to proceed
1. Trim the edges of the bread slices. Keep aside.
2. Place a bread slice on dry surface, spread a portion of the pesto evenly on it.
3. Place a cheese slice and add tomato slices evenly over it.
4. Sprinkle salt and pepper over it and sandwich with another slice of bread.
5. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 3 more sandwiches.
6. You can cut each sandwich into 2 equal pieces.
Grilled Mushroom Sandwich
Ingredients
1 tbsp oil
2 cups chopped mushrooms
1 egg
1 tsp chopped green chillies
salt and freshly ground black pepper powder to taste
1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/4 cup chopped coriander
10 slices of bread
butter as required
Method
1. Heat the oil in a pan, add the mushrooms and sauté until water has evaporated and mushrooms become dry.
2. Add the egg, green chillies, salt and pepper, mix well and sauté till the mushrooms are coated well with the egg and the mixture is cooked.
3. Remove from the flame, add the cheese and coriander, mix well and keep aside.
4. Spread the butter on 2 slices of bread.
5. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the mushroom mixture on one slice and cover with the other slice and grill using a sandwich maker.
6. Serve hot
You can skip adding egg if you don’t like it. I even tried adding cut tomatoes to it, tastes great. But make sure not to cook tomatoes much.
Sprouts Sandwich
Ingredients
8 slices whole-wheat bread
½ cup onions, sliced
4 teaspoons low-fat butter
For the sprouts
1 cup mixed sprouts, boiled (just moong sprouts tastes good also)
½ cup potatoes, boiled and mashed
½ cup onions, finely chopped
2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste
1 green chilli, finely chopped
2 teaspoons pav bhaji masala
2 teaspoons cumin powder
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon black salt or pink salt
1½ cups tomatoes, finely chopped
2 teaspoons oil
salt to taste
For the sprouts
1. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan, add the onions and sauté till the onions turn translucent.
2. Add the ginger-garlic paste, green chilli and sauté for another 1 minute.
3. Add the pav bhaji masala, cumin powder, turmeric powder, black salt, tomatoes, and salt and cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add the sprouts and potatoes and mix well. Keep aside.
How to proceed
Place some portion of sprout stuffing on one slice of bread. Top with an onion slice and sandwich using another slice of bread.
Pre-heat the griller or sandwich maker and grill the sandwiches using low-fat butter.