Mumbai Vegetable Sandwich

This simple and tasteful street food of Mumbai is packed with goodness of vegetables and is a favorite among the people on the go.  For years the sandwich wallas are dishing this out on the streets and people make a beeline for this even today.  The sandwiches near Mahalakshmi Temple is supposed to be the most popular. Recently got to eat this famous sandwich in the Hindu Gymkhana with Raju, Sameer, and Sashank.

The sandwiches can be served either grilled or without grilling.

Ingredients:

bread slices
green chutney
potatoes
tomatoes
cucumber
onions
pepper powder
chaat masala
salt
butter

Preparation:

1. Boil the potatoes.  Remove the butter from the refrigerator and keep it outside so that spreading it on the bread will be easy.
2. Prepare the green chutney with mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chillies, tamarind (or juice of lemon), roasted jeera powder, and salt.  Keep aside.
3. Slice the vegetables into roundels. Peel the potatoes and slice them too.
4. Trim the edges of the bread slices.
5. Apply butter on the bread slices and spread some chutney over this.  Arrange 2 to 3 pieces of each vegetable over it. Sprinkle chaat masala, pepper, and salt.

6. Cover this with another slice which has butter and chutney on it.
7. Cut into triangles with a sharp knife.
8. For the grilled variety, before cutting them into triangles, grill them in a toaster until golden in color and then cut them into triangles.

9. Serve immediately with chutney and tomato ketchup.

   

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Mint and Coriander Kulcha

Kulcha is a type of flat bread popular in north India and Pakistan. They are usually prepared with maida, but I have used both maida and wheat flour.  Kulchas can be stuffed with any filling - potatoes, paneer, peas, vegetables or made plain.  The vegetable tray in my refrigerator had plenty of fresh mint and coriander leaves and hence decided to make the stuffing using them.

Ingredients:

1 cup refined flour
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp curd
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves
1 finely chopped green chilli
salt and pepper to taste
butter
roasted sesame seeds

Method:

1. Take the flours, baking powder, baking soda in a mixing bowl. Add salt, sugar, milk, curd and mix. Add water as necessary to make a soft dough. Knead lightly and keep it covered for 30 minutes.
2. Combine the mint, coriander, chilli, salt, and pepper and keep aside.
3. Knead the rested dough once again and divide into 12 portion.
4. Take one portion, and roll and flatten it and put some mint-coriander filling inside it.

5. Close it and then with help of dusting flour roll them into circles (like in rotis).
6. Sprinkle some sesame seeds on top and press them into the dough with the help of rolling pin.

7. Heat a tava, place the rolled out dough carefully on the hot tava (with the sesame side on top).
8. When bubbles start forming, turn over on the other side and cook until bubbles start forming on this side too.
9. Remove from tava and directly place the kulcha on the gas flame, turn to the other side.
10. Remove and apply butter immediately on the kulchas.
11. Serve hot with any curry.