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Tomato Toaster~Salsa Stuffed Toasted Sandwich

Alka Keswani — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:41:03 +0000

Long long ago when life was all about school, homework, friends, doll marriages, ludo, carom, skipping ropes, sibling fights and having crush on Bollywood stars, food was not a hyped fad and terms like Gourmet, Haute cuisine, Molecular gastronomy, were unheard of. Eating out was a luxury strictly indulged in, during Diwali and the family get- togethers meant a bunch of family members slogging all the day to prepare the feast. Festivals meant some extra cooking, little ahead of the D-day, to share food with friends, family and neighbors. Packaged food was nowhere in the scene and food was generally prepared with locally available, affordable ingredients. Spices were sundried and ground either at home or got done at local flour mill. Food was made from scratch and instant food probably meant a quick Upma, Poha , Koki etc. More importance was given to the quality and variety of wholesome food and less emphasis on ‘protein rich’, ‘gluten free’, ‘carb free’, ‘sugar free’ meals. More efforts were put in cooking the food with fresh ingredients while the presentation and garnishing was of least significance. My mother always used to knead fresh dough for making rotis, for every meal. She used to cook just as much food as required so that there were hardly any leftovers. Working on limited budget, the homemakers generally purchased only those vegetables and fruits that were sensibly priced, but fresh, even if that meant walking down to vegetable market every single day. So on a day when cauliflower was sold at low price in vegetable market, one can find gobi aloo, gobi paratha, gobi keema, gobi pulav etc being cooked in almost every home in that locality.Soaring prices of onions would result in using it sparingly and by switching over to tomato based curries. When rice got costly people used to eat more wheat and viceversa. I guess that’s how inflation was managed in that era, unlike now when multiple source of incomes in families lead to buying ingredients that we need, despite of ridiculously high price tag. People try to impress guests by cooking ‘restaurant style’ food, made with exotic ingredients, using frozen food, with some unpronounceable ‘nomenclature’. Well, blame it on food going global and all sorts of cookery shows that consistently imparts ‘knowledge’ to us. And oh ! hail the Google! We must change with the changing times and so am I, but somehow for me, nothing can beat a simple homely meal, freshly made, using ‘real’ ingredients. I was raised the old school way . Simple food stirs memories.. yes, ofcourse ! And today is just that kind of day when I walked down the memory lane to relive the moments of the rain soaked evenings, when we, the hungry kids, back from school, used to look forward to piping hot evening snacks, lovingly made by dear mother. The sinful cutlets, Pakora (fritters), the delicious chaat, sawa phota, healthy Upma, seyal pao and the yummy tomato toasters. Oh well, the last one being one of the most favorite of mine ! Tomato toasters could be made in jiffy, using the ingredients almost always available in kitchen. A kind of salsa is made by mixing chopped onions and tomatoes, spiced up with green chilies, fresh coriander leaves and basic powdered spices. The salsa is then stuffed in laadi pao/Pav or placed between 2 bread slices and cooked on griddle till crisp golden brown. A very simple recipe, ready in minutes and taste heavenly with some green coriander chutney or the mighty tomato ketchup. Give it a try !!! Print Tomato Toaster~Salsa Stuffed Toasted Sandwich Rating 4.3 from 3 reviews Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 2 A toasted sandwich stuffed with spicy salsa Ingredients 2 small red onions 1 large tomato 2 green chilies Salt as per taste Dash of red chilli powder ¼ tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp coriander powder Some fresh coriander leaves 8 bread slices or 4 Pav Method Peel and finely chop the onions.Chop tomato, green chillies and add some salt. Mash the mixture and sort of squeeze it. Reserve the liquid (wont be much) and use it in any curry. Add spice powders, chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Stuff a portion of this mixture between two bread slices or in the pav. Repeat for rest of the bread. Heat a griddle and grease it well with some oil. Place the sandwich on hot griddle and lower the flame to sim. Place a flat metal dinner plate/thali (steel/ copper/ aluminum) over the sandwich and place any heavy utensil on top of the plate. Flip the sandwich after a minute and pour some oil to avoid sticking of sandwich and to make it more crisp.Cook sandwich till both sides appear crisp brown. Depending on the size of griddle, you can cook 2-3 sandwiches at one go. Serve it hot with chutney or tomato ketchup. Notes Some people do not like the taste of undercooked onions. In that case, before stuffing in sandwich you can microwave the mixture for 30 seconds or cook in a pan for a minute or so, to make the onions more soft. 3.2.2708

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Bread Rolls

Alka Keswani — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:28:42 +0000

Here’s the potato mixture which is stuffed in bread slice to form a roll Print Bread Rolls Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 30 mins Serves: 1-2 Ingredients Potato 1 ( Makes about 2-3 bread rolls) Bread slices 4 Garlic 3 cloves Ginger just a bit Green chillies 2 Curry leaves 4-5 leaves Mustard seeds 1 tbsp Turmeric powder ¼ tbsp Coriander powder ¼ tbsp Garam masala powder ¼ tbsp Few pinches of Amchoor powder or 1 tsp of freshly squeezed lemon juice A pinch of Hing Salt to taste Coriander leaves for garnishing Oil for frying Method Boil potato, peel and mash it lightly In a pan, heat 1 tbsp of oil and add pinch of Hing powder, add pounded garlic and ginger, then add curry leaves and mustard seeds Saute till garlic turns light brown, add chopped green chillies, then add turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and mix well Add mashed potatoes, salt and mix well .you can also add boiled peas. Cook on low flame for about a minute, garnish with coriander leaves.Add lemon juice. Let the mixture cool a bit Take a bowl of water, add some red chilly powder and a dash of lemon juice (optional) Dip a bread slice in this water, then remove immediately and squeeze it gently in between your palms, place the potato mixture in center of bread slice and fold it from sides Cover from sides in such a way that it forms a shape of a roll Repeat procedure for whole mixture Add one roll at a time in hot oil and fry till crisp golden brown The health conscious people can try out making roasted sandwiches or toasters instead of fried rolls, using same stuffing(as shown in picture) Enjoy this delicious and hot favorite of kids, with ketchup or chutney of your choice 2.2.1

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Tomato Toaster

Alka Keswani — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:51:11 +0000

Print Tomato Toaster Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 25 mins Serves: 2 A quick and easy bread toaster recipe, with tomatoes and onion Ingredients Tomato 1 Onion 1 Green chillies 1 Coriander leaves Salt Turmeric powder ¼ tsp Red chilli powder as per required Coriander powder ½ tsp Bread slices 6 oil 2 tsp Method Wash and chop tomato as fine as possible Peel onion and chop finely Add finely chopped green chillies, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilly powder, coriander leaves and mash slightly Note:Many prefer this mixture to be cooked first and then used for sandwich, so in that case, first saute onion in little oil till light pink in colour, then add tomatoes, chillies, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder and mix well.let it cook for 1-2 minutes Heat the griddle (Tawa) and pour some oil, place the little of onion-tomato mixture in between two slices of bread and put a steel plate (flat surface) on top of it.Put some weight (like heavy utensil) above it and cook the sandwich on low flame.One can also use the toaster maker used for cooking sandwiches Flip the sides and let it cook till bread is golden brown in colour Serve it hot with ketchup or chutney 2.2.1

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