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Bombay Sandwich | Mumbai street style Vegetable Sandwich

a popular,Mumbai street style vegetable sandwich
Course Snacks
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Bombay sandwich, Bombay vegetable cheese toast sandwich, Bombay vegetable grilled sandwich, mumbai street style sandwich
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

For Sandwich Masala

  • 2 tbsp cumin seeds (jeera)
  • 2 tbsp fennel seeds (sauf)
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns (kali mirch)
  • 10 cloves (laung)
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • 1 tsp dry mango powder (aamchoor)
  • ½  tsp black salt  (kaala namak)
  • ½ tsp salt

For green chutney

  • 3 cups of fresh coriander leaves
  • 1 cup of mint leaves
  • 3 green chillies
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • ½ tsp of sandwich masala
  • a marble sized ball of tamarind
  • 2 ice cubes
  • salt to taste

Other ingredients

  • 12 slices of bread
  • 2 potatoes
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 small onions
  • butter at room temperature
  • grated mozzarella cheese

Instructions

For Sandwich Masala

  • To make the sandwich masala, heat a pan. Add cumin seeds,fennel seeds, black peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon.
  • Dry roast till they turn aromatic.
  • Allow the roasted ingredients to cool completely. 
  • Transfer the roasted ingredients to a mixer jar.
  • Blend to make a fine powder.
  • To this powder add aamchoor (dry mango powder),black slat and salt. Mix well.  This is the sandwich masala. Keep this aside.

Green Chutney

  • To make green chutney, blend coriander leaves, mint leaves,green chillies, garlic, sandwich masala, tamarind, salt and ice cubes to a finepaste. Keep green chutney aside.

How to proceed

  • Next boil potatoes. Allow the potatoes to cool completely.
  • Prepare all the vegetable slices (tomato, cucumber, onions, boiled potatoes) and keep them ready.
  • Take a slice of bread and apply generous amount of butter.
  • Next spread green chutney over it.
  • Place slice of boiled potatoes, onion rings and sprinkle sandwich masala.
  •  Top it with grated mozzarella cheese.
  • Cover with another slice of bread.
  • Spread butter and green chutney over it.
  • Place tomato slices, cucumber slices and onion rings over it.
  • Sprinkle sandwich masala.
  • Top it grated cheese.
  • Cover with another slice ofbread. Spread butter on top of the bread slice.
  • Heat a grill pan. Add some butter, When the butter starts melting, place the sandwich on the pan.
  • Press the sandwich with a spatula. Flip the sandwich andcook on the other side.
  • Take the sandwich off the pan and cut into triangles.
  • Serve with tomato ketchup and green chutney.

Notes

The Sandwich masala can be stored for a long time and used as required.