Onion Cheese Sandwich

Sandwich is easy to make, but one gets bored with the usual spreads, jellies and jams too soon. Onion cheese sandwich is a quick recipe that can offer the much needed variety to your breakfast. What’s more? you can make it in 10-15 minutes with minimal ingredients. Here’s how you make this sandwich.

Ingredients: (Makes two sandwiches)

Onion – large, 1 no

Cooking cheese – grated, 2 tablespoons

Salt – to taste

Red chilli flakes – ¼ teaspoon (adjust to taste)

Butter – 1 teaspoon

Dried basil – ¼ teaspoon

Bread slices – 4 no

Method: Chop the onion into small pieces. Heat butter in a microwave safe bowl on medium high for 1 minute. Remove from the microwave oven. Add in onion pieces and salt. Mix well with the butter using a dry spoon. Cook in the oven on micro-high for 2 minutes (Fig.1).

Fig.1: Onion pieces cooked in butter

Add in grated cheese, red chilli flakes and basil. Blend the contents together. Cook in the oven on micro-high for 3 minutes (Fig.2).

Fig.2: Onion cheese spread

Spread half of the onion-cheese spread on one bread slice. Cover it with another slice. Repeat the process with the remaining spread and slices. Heat a tava or a pan on medium flame. Place the sandwich on it and cook till the bottom slice turns golden brown. Gently turn it over and cook the other side the same way. You may use a sandwich toaster instead of cooking on a tava. Once you have toasted both the sandwiches, diagonally cut them into halves and serve hot with tomato ketch up.

Onion Cheese Sandwich

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Potato Sandwich

Potato sandwich is a comfort food (!) and an ideal snack to pack in a picnic basket. This sandwich is filling, easy to make and can be served as a snack, or even as a meal! Those of you, who are staying away from home, would find it ideal for breakfast or dinner. 

Ingredients: (Makes 7 sandwiches)

Bread slices – 14 numbers

Potato – medium sized, 3 no

Onion – chopped finely, 1 no

Oil – 1 tablespoon

Mixed herbs – ½ teaspoon*

Red chili powder – ½ - ¾ teaspoon (adjust to taste)

Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon

Salt - to taste

Coriander/cilantro leaves – 1 tablespoon, chopped

Cheese spread – as required

*A combination of rosemary, thyme, oregano and basil

Method: Cook potatoes in pressure cooker for 6 minutes or 7 whistles. Switch off the stove. Once the pressure subsides, remove the potatoes from the cooker and run through cold water. Peel the skin and mash the potatoes. Keep aside.

Heat oil in a kadai or wok, add chopped onion and fry till the onion pieces start to brown. Add the mashed potatoes, turmeric powder, red chili powder, mixed herbs and salt. Mix well into a uniform mass. Add coriander leaves and blend together. Switch off the stove and allow the potato masala (Fig.1) to cool. Divide the masala into seven equal parts.

Fig.1: Potato masala

Smear cheese spread on one side of the bread slices (Fig.2). 

Fig.2: Apply cheese spread on the slices

Place one part of the potato masala on one slice and spread it evenly (Fig.3).

Fig.3: Potato masala placed on one slice

Place the other slice on top of the potato masala (Fig.4).

Fig.4: Cover the masala with another slice

 You can use an electric sandwich or chapatti maker to toast the sandwich.

How to use chapatti maker: Pre heat the chapatti maker. Light goes off once it is ready. Now place the sandwich on the bottom plate (Fig.5) and close the top plate over it. 

Fig.5: Place the sandwich on the bottom plate of chapatti maker

Wait for 10-15 seconds. Lift the top plate and rotate the sandwich 90⁰ and close the top plate over it once again. Wait for 10-15 more seconds. Lift the top plate, and remove the sandwich (Fig.6). 

Fig.6: Sandwich is ready!

Once ready cut the sandwich diagonally into halves, and serve hot with tomato ketch up! 

Potato Sandwich

How to clean the appliance: Once you finish making sandwiches, switch off the electrical supply, unplug the appliance and the let the machine to cool. Later, wipe the cooking surfaces with a damp cloth and allow it to dry. Bring the top and bottom plate together. Store the appliance in a dry place until next use.

Note: You may use the standard dosa tava instead of chapatti maker. Heat the tava on medium flame and place the sandwich on it. Wait till the bottom slice turns golden brown. Turn it over cook the other side in the same way. 

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Quick Cucumber Sandwich

More often than not professional work leaves me with little time for elaborate cooking. Nonetheless, a good breakfast keeps me going through a hectic day comfortably. Hence, I always look out for ways of making sumptuous breakfast in a fast and easy manner! Is it too much to ask for? Not really. There are ways of preparing breakfast in a jiffy. Here’s a sandwich that you can make in no time. This recipe is ideal for those of you who are staying away from home, as well as for anyone looking forward to a relaxed morning on a holiday! 

Ingredients: (For 1 sandwich)

Bread slices – 2 numbers
Mustard sauce – 1 teaspoon
Cucumber slices – 5-9 numbers (depending on the size)
Onion – sliced, 1 teaspoon
Salted butter – 1 teaspoon
Cheese spread – 1 teaspoon
Salt – to taste
Pepper powder – to taste 

Method: Spread butter on one bread slice and cheese spread on the other slice (Fig.1). 

Fig.1: Spread butter and cheese on the bread slices

Arrange cucumber slices on the buttered side. Spread onion pieces on top (Fig.2). 

Fig.2: Place vegetable slices on the bread

Sprinkle salt and pepper powder on the vegetables. Top it with mustard sauce (Fig.3). 

Fig.3: Top it with salt, pepper powder and mustard sauce

Place the other bread slice on top the first one, with the cheese side touching the vegetables (Fig.4).

Fig.4:Place the other bread slice on top

You can use an electric sandwich or chapatti maker to toast the sandwich. Place the sandwich in the preheated sandwich maker for approximately 30 seconds or till it becomes golden brown on both sides. Once ready cut the sandwich diagonally into halves, and serve hot with tomato ketch up. Your cucumber sandwich ready!

Quick Cucumber Sandwich

How to use the chapatti maker: Pre heat the chapatti maker. Light goes off once it is ready. Now place the sandwich on the bottom plate and close the top plate over it. Wait for 10-15 seconds. Lift the top plate and rotate the sandwich 90⁰ and close the top plate over it once again. Wait for 10-15 more seconds. Lift the top plate, and remove the sandwich. 

Note: You may use the standard dosa tava instead of sandwich or chapatti maker. Heat the tava on medium flame and place the sandwich on it. Wait till the bottom slice turns golden brown. Turn over cook the other slice in the same way.           

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Easy Vegetable Sandwich

After a month of hectic professional work, I am happy to start serious blogging once again! Nearly a decade ago, electric chapatti maker became popular in Chennai. One would find the typical stall selling chapatti maker, complete with demonstration crew in almost every exhibition or fair. In the deft hands of the demonstrator, pulkas would puff up in no time on the machine! I was also bitten by this bug, and bought one promptly, with the hope that the new addition to my kitchen will save time.

Indeed, it did save time and pulkas puffed up as demonstrated, albeit after a few failed attempts. But, there was one small glitch! The pulkas never tasted the same as those made on direct fire. Heeding to the popular demand at home, I shifted to the traditional way of making pulkas and the chapatti maker joined the ranks of several unused kitchen appliances such as automatic vegetable cutter, electric blender and coconut grater etc.

Nonetheless, I have been trying to put the chapatti maker to use for quite some time and found some sensible ways of using this machine! If you have run out of cooking gas, you can use the chapatti maker for making dosas/adai. I also find this appliance quite handy for making sandwiches and I intend to share the method with you. This vegetable sandwich is indeed simple, and can be made with a regular tava as well. You can serve it as a snack or make it for breakfast. Here we go.

Ingredients: (For 1 sandwich)

Bread slices – 2 numbers

Tomato ketch-up – 1 tablespoon

Tomato slices – 4 No*

Onion – sliced, 1 teaspoon

Salted butter – 1 teaspoon

Grated cooking cheese – 1 teaspoon*

Salt – to taste

Pepper powder – to taste

Oregano – a pinch (optional)

*You may use sliced cucumber, capsicum or radish, lettuce, tomato and onion in desired combination and quantity.

*You may use one cheese slice instead of grated cooking cheese.

Easy Vegetable Sandwich

Method: Spread butter on one bread slice and tomato ketch up on the other slice. Arrange the vegetable slices on the buttered side. Sprinkle salt, pepper powder and oregano on the vegetables. Top it with grated cheese or cheese slice. Place the other bread slice on top the first one, with the ketch-up side touching the vegetables.

Prepared bread slices

Preheat the chapatti maker. Light goes off once it is ready. 

Electric chapatti maker!

Now place the sandwich on the bottom plate (Fig.1).

Fig.1: Place the sandwich on the bottom plate

Close the top plate over it (Fig.2). Wait  for 10-15 seconds.

Fig.2: Close the top plate over the sandwich

Lift the top plate and rotate the sandwich 90⁰ and close the top plate over it once again. 

Fig.3: Sandwich turned golden brown

Wait for 10-15 more seconds. Lift the top plate, and you will find the golden brown sandwich. Remove the sandwich, cut it into halves and serve hot. Your easy vegetable sandwich ready in a jiffy!

How to clean the appliance: Once you finish making sandwiches, switch off the electrical supply and the let the machine to cool. Later, wipe the cooking surfaces with a damp cloth and allow it to dry. Bring the top and bottom plate together. Unplug the appliance and store in a dry place until next use.

Note: You may use the standard dosa tava instead of chapatti maker. Heat the tava on medium flame and place the sandwich on it. Wait till the bottom slice turns golden brown. Turn over cook the other slice in the same way. Remove from the tava.

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