CHEESE AND SPRING ONION SANDWICH

Cooking Time : Nil.
Preparation Time : 5 mins.
Makes 4 sandwiches.

Ingredients

8 bread slices, lightly buttered
1 large tomato, thinly sliced
4 lettuce leaves
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

To be mixed into a spread

½ cup cheese spread
¼ cup mayonnaise
1 clove garlic, grated
2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
2 to 3 spring onions (including greens), finely chopped
freshly ground pepper to taste

Method

1. Place a lettuce leaf over a slice of bread.
2. Apply a generous layer of the spread over it.
3. Top with the sliced tomatoes.
4. Sprinkle with salt and freshly ground pepper.
5. Sandwich with another slice of bread.
6. Repeat with the remaining bread slices, tomatoes, lettuce and spread to make 3 more sandwiches.
7. Serve immediately.

PANEER AND DILL SANDWICH

Cooking Time : Nil.
Preparation Time : 10 mins.
Makes 4 sandwiches.

Ingredients

8 brown bread slices
½ teaspoon finely chopped dill (suva bhaji)
2 tablespoons butter

For the filling

¼ cup grated fresh paneer (cottage cheese)
2 tablespoons fresh curds
2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
a few chopped olives
salt and freshly crushed pepper to taste

Method

1. Mix the butter with the dill and spread this dill butter on all the bread slices.
2. Mix together the paneer, curds, tomato ketchup, olives, salt and pepper to make the filling.
3. Divide the filling into 4 equal portions and keep aside.
4. Spread one portion of the filling on a brown bread slice.
5. Top with another brown bread slice.
6. Repeat with the remaining bread slices and filling to make 3 more sandwiches.
7. Serve immediately.

BLACK OLIVE PESTO SANDWICH

Preparation Time : 10 mins.
Cooking Time : Nil.
Makes 4 sandwiches.

Ingredients

8 whole wheat bread slices, lightly buttered
8 slices cheese
a few tomato slices
1 tablespoon butter
salt to taste

For the black olive pesto

12 finely chopped black olives
¼ cup broken cashewnuts
½ teaspoon freshly crushed pepper
¼ cup olive oil
½ cup fresh basil leaves
salt to taste

For the black olive pesto

1. Grind together all the ingredients other than the black olives, to a smooth paste in a blender.
2. Add the black olives and mix well.
3. Divide the olive pesto into 4 equal portions and keep aside.

How to proceed

1. Trim the edges of the bread slices.
2. Spread one portion of the pesto on one slice of bread. Top with 2 cheese slices and tomato slices and sandwich using another slice of bread.
3. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 3 more sandwiches.
4. Serve immediately.