Vegetable sandwich recipe

My daughters like sandwiches. After posting the Banana sandwich , i wanted to post another sandwich recipe . I had few Pinto bean patties left over , so i used those patties in this sandwich along with some veggies . Off to the recipe.

Vegetable sandwich recipe

Ingredients:

• Bread slices - 2 no
• Pinto bean patties - 2 no
• Shredded onions - 1 tbsp
• Tomato - chopped , 1 tbsp
• Lettuce - shredded , 1 tbsp 
• Butter - 1 tsp ( Vegans can substitute this with 1tsp of oil ) , Optional 

Method:

Preheat the sandwich maker if you are using it , Or it could be made in a tawa as well.Take the bread slices and apply Butter / oil to one side . This step could be skipped for a healthy version . Place one slice on the sandwich maker . Top it with the patties and add onion , tomato lettuce to it .

Place another slice on top of this bread .

Grill the bread with the sandwich maker , or it could be toasted in a tawa .

Cook till the bread is toasted well .

Serve hot with Ketchup

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Pinto Bean Patties | Pinto Bean Cutlet | Low Fat Recipes

Pinto Bean Patties  /  Pinto Bean Cutlet

Ingredients:

• Pinto Bean - 250 gm ,  Boiled ( Canned Bean could be used as well )
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
• Green Chilli Paste - 1 tsp
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
• Boiled potato - 1 no , Mashed
• Bread crumbs - 1 tbsp
• Salt - To taste 
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Method: 

Soak the pinto beans over-nite in water  , and boil it in the morning till it becomes soft  . Drain the water completely .  Add this to the mixer or a Food processor and grind it with some salt .

Heat oil . Add the Ginger Garlic paste , chilli paste , garam masala powder and fry till the raw smell goes away .

Now add the ground pinto bean  and mix well . Add the mashed potatoes , lemon juice and mix well . Add salt if needed .

Add the bread crumbs and mix well . Make small balls with the  cooked masala .

Pat it in to a flat shape like a pattie . Spray some oil in a flat griddle , Add the patties and fry till it becomes brown in color .

Serve hot with a sauce . Use this patties along with the buns and make a burger or use this patties with bread to make some yummy sandwich .

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Homemade Ginger Garlic Paste

The Ginger Garlic paste is one of the important ingredient in my kitchen . Most of the Indian cooking require this ginger garlic paste . Initially i used to buy this paste from grocery store , but not anymore . Homemade paste is more flavorful and aromatic compared to the ones sold in market ,as this is made with out any preservatives , so why not go ahead and make it rather than buying it .

Homemade Ginger Garlic Paste

Ingredients:

• Ginger - 250 gms
• Garlic - 250 gms
• Salt - 2 tsp
• Oil - 3 tsp

Homemade Ginger Garlic Paste

Method: 

Take ginger and Garlic in 1:1 ratio .

Peel the garlic skin and also peel the skin from ginger and dice it . Transfer them to the food processor or a mixer and pulse it once . Now add the salt and oil and puree them to a paste . Add water if needed .

Take a clean jar , and transfer them to an airtight container and refrigerate it . I divided my paste in to two and freezed another jar and refrigerated the other jar .

Use the paste as needed to use in the curry or Rice varieties .

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Paneer Korma / Paneer Kurma - No Onion , Tomato , coconut method

This Korma is made with out coconut  . Its very easy and a quick recipe . This is adapted from sanjeev Kapoor recipe . Off to the recipe now .

Paneer Korma / Paneer Kurma

Ingredients:

• Paneer -  250 gms , cut in to cubes 
• Yogurt - 1 cup , beaten
• Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Green chilli paste - 1 tsp
• All purpose flour - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Water - 1 cup
• salt - to taste
• Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp

Tempering:

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Cloves - 2 no
• Pepper corn - 1 tsp
• Cinnamon stick - 1 no 
• Star Aniseed - 1 no

Method:

Take the yogurt in a bowl , add the turmeric powder , All purpose flour , green chilli paste , ginger garlic paste , salt .

Add water and mix well . Set aside . Fry the paneer cubes and set aside .

In a heavy bottom pan , add oil and add the cinnamon stick , cloves , star aniseed , pepper corn  and fry for few seconds . It gives out a nice aroma .

Add the mixed yogurt to it .

Bring it to a boil . Now add the paneer cubes and garam masala powder .

Mix well .

This goes well with naan .

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Bread Cups Recipe

This is a quickest snack that could be made with bread . Its very simple and easy made with just 4 ingredients  . All kids love the word PIZZA . This is a version of pizza that is made with bread , tomato , onion and some cheese .It taste so good and filling .

Bread Pizza Cups

Ingredients:

Bread - 6 - 7 slices 
Onion - 1 no , chopped
Tomato - 1 no , chopped
Cheese - Few , Grated

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350 F .Take a bread cut the edges of the bread ( the brown part ) . Take a circle and a  Semicircle cutter , cut the bread to semicircle and circle shapes .  ( Use the waste bread and make bread crumbs , so that it is not wasted )

Take a muffin tray , spray some oil in the cups of the tray and start lining the cups with bread pieces . I used 2 semicircle pieces on the edges  and one circle piece in the middle  for one cup of tray  . Similarly line all the cups .

For filling add the onion , tomato and top it up with grated cheese .

Bake it at 350 F for 7 - 9 minutes or till the base of the bread becomes crisp .

Serve warm . My kids enjoyed this snack .

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Peas Fry / Peas Sundal / பட்டாணி சுண்டல்

Peas Sundal ( Peas fry ) is a very popular street food sold in the beaches in Chennai . We never fail to have this sundal whenever we go to beach . This sundal is made with boiled peas and tempered with spices ,grated coconut and raw mango . Off to the recipe .

Peas Fry / Peas Sundal / பட்டாணி சுண்டல்

Ingredients:

• Green peas - 1 cup ( Boiled ) 
• salt - to taste

Tempering:

• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Urad dhal - 1 tsp
• Onion - 1 no
• Hing - 1 pinch
• Red chilli - 1 no , slit
• Green chilli - 1 no , slit
• Raw mango - Grated , Few ( Optional ) , I skipped this ingredient as i did not have it .
• Grated Coconut - As needed

Thengai Mangai Pattani Sundal

Method:

Heat oil in a shallow pan . Add the mustard seeds and allow it to pop. Now add the urad dhal and fry till brown in color . Add the green chilli and slit red chilli and stir .

Add the onions , Turmeric powder , hing and cook till the onions become translucent .

Add the boiled peas , salt  and cook for few minutes . Now add the grated coconut and grated raw mango and stir .

Serve hot .

Enjoy this protein packed sundal with a cup of Tea .

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