RECIPE: Grilled Quickies - Grilled Bread Sandwiches

I'm sure you guys must be bored with the breakfast we have as students in the US. The same old boring cereals, oatmeal, bread and peanut butter, pancakes, waffles... Aargh! The same sweet taste! No salty or spicy flavor! :( Back in India, mom used to make idlis, dosas, upmas etc. I totally miss the Indian taste in breakfast. How about making something really simple, that still gives us an Indian taste? Here's what I made yesterday morning.

Grilled Bread Sandwiches - I prefer to call them Grilled Quickies! :) Hmm... two bread recipes in a row? Well, you might think I'm trying to get rid of my loaf of bread! Well, yeah, that's kind of right, its expiring tomorrow, so I better use it up! And plus, I needn't put much effort to make these. So here goes.

SERVING SIZE: 2 Sandwiches

PREPARATION TIME: 3-5 Minutes

GRILLING TIME: 5 Minutes

INGREDIENTS:

• Bread - 4 Slices (white or brown)
• Tomato - 1 nos. (small)
• Onion - 1 nos. (small)
• Grated Mozzarella Cheese - 2 tbsp.

APPLIANCES NEEDED: Sandwich Griller

METHOD:

• Wash and chop the onion and tomato finely.

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• Place the two bread slices on each section of the griller.

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• Add the chopped onion and tomato over the bread slices and sprinkle some cheese over it.

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• Place the other two bread slices like a sandwich.

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• Close the griller, plug it in to an electric point, and let it grill the sandwiches for sometime - approximately 5 minutes.
• Take out the grilled sandwiches after they become as brown as you desire them to be.
• Now you can have your grilled quickies with some ketchup!

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PURPLE TIPS:

• You can add some more veggies like capsicum, carrots, cabbage etc.
• You can add some grated paneer or tofu too.
• If you're in a hurry, you can just put cheese alone.
  
• Add some salt, pepper, chili powder, green chillies, or any other seasoning to get better taste.
  
• You can stuff in anything you want, including last night's dinner curry that was left over!
• One very delicious stuffing I often make - Mashed boiled potatoes with chopped onions and green chillies and some salt to taste. You can use frozen hash brown instead to save time boiling the potatoes, peeling and mashing them.
• Have a sweet tooth? Here's a sweet alternate - some jam or honey inside; or even better and healthier, some raisins and dates(with their seeds removed).
  

Sounds easy and quick right? Try it out and let me know if you come up with more ideas for the inside stuffing!

XOXO,

Purple Poise.