Potato Cheese Sandwich

                   

Potato Cheese Sandwich is a delectable snack that is liked by one and all. A simple vegetarian stuffed sandwich in which a spicy potato stir-fry is used as a filling along with grated cheese in between the buttered bread slices. The sandwich is then grilled in a sandwich maker or on a pan on stove top until it is golden brown and crisp. Potato cheese sandwich is soft from within and crunchy from outside. It can be packed in your kid's lunch box or served as breakfast or an after-school snack. These sandwiches make a great picnic or party food and tastes good on its own but you can pair it with some ketchup, dip, sauce or chutney of your choice. 

                            

What is a Sandwich?

A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, slices cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread. Sandwiches come in many different varieties like open-faces sandwich where any kind of bread serves as the base to which filling is added at the top and does not have any covering over the filling. Plain Sandwich with filling placed between two slices of bread, grilled sandwich where the prepared bread slices with stuffing is grilled, pinwheel sandwich wherein the fresh bread slices are flattened with a rolling pin, stuffed with filling that is spreadable and rolled up like a jelly roll, ribbon sandwich- a multi-tiered sandwich, etc.

Ingredients of Potato Cheese Sandwich

Potato and cheese is a classic combination. One can never get wrong with this combo. Here, in this stuffed sandwich recipe, a spicy potato stir-fry is used as a stuffing along with grated cheese. One can simply mash the boiled potato, season it with spice powders and stuff in between 2 bread slices. But i prefer to stir fry the grated boiled potato with caramelized onions and ginger-garlic-green chili paste. It makes the sandwich all the more delicious and lip smacking. The prepared sandwich is then grilled using a sandwich maker. Let's have a look at the ingredients one by one.

• Bread slices: Any variety of bread can be used to make this sandwich. You may use brown bread, white bread, whole wheat (ata) bread or home baked bread loaf.
• Potatoes: Potatoes are boiled, peeled and grated before stir frying them.
• Onions: Onions lend a lovely mild sweet taste to the potato stir-fry which balances the spices from green chilies.
• Green chilies: I personally like to keep this sandwich a bit on the spicier side. You may adjust the number of green chilies used as per your spice tolerance.
• Ginger-Garlic : Minced ginger and garlic add lovely flavor to the potato stir-fry.
• Cheese: I have added grated processed cheese in the stuffing. You may skip it if you wish.You may also choose to use cheese slices instead.
• Oil : Little oil is used for making the potato stir-fry. 
• Butter: I have smeared the butter slices with butter.

Can I make this potato cheese sandwich without a sandwich maker?

Absolutely yes. You can toast the buttered bread slices first on a pan or skillet. Stuff it with potato stir-fry and grated cheese and then place the sandwich again on the heated skillet or pan and cover cook for few minutes on low flame until the cheese melts.

Related event:

 I am submitting this Potato Cheese Sandwich recipe to the A to Z recipe challenge group, a gourmet group on Facebook where I post every alternate month. Members of this group post different food recipes with a key ingredient having a particular alphabet.  As per the alphabetical order, for the month of September, we had to cook a dish starting with the alphabet P. I chose potatoes as my key ingredient and made this delicious stir-fry. This post is my 14th contribution to this group. The other recipes I have shared here, so far are

• Bhindi Do Pyaza / Okra Stir-fry with Onions for Alphabet "O"
  
• Baked Nigella Seeds Crackers for Alphabet "N"
• Kadai Mushroom for alphabet "M"
• Lemon Crinkle Cookies for alphabet "L"
• Minestrone Soup with Kidney beans for Alphabet "K"
• Aliv Kheer / Garden Cress Seeds Jaggery Pudding for Alphabet "J"
• Ivy Gourd Stir-Fry for Alphabet "I"
• Horse Gram Idli for Alphabet "H"
• Punjabi Kadhi Pakora / Gram flour Fritters in Yogurt gravy for Alphabet "G"
• Ankurit Methichi Usal/ Sprouted Fenugreek Seeds Stir-fry for Alphabet "F"
• Achari Baingan / Eggplant in pickling spices for Alphabet "E"
• Dates and Walnut Muffins for Alphabet "D"
• Coconut Curry Leaves Chutney for Alphabet "C"
• Broccoli Paneer Paratha for Alphabet "B"

                                          

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients for Potato Stir-fry:

• 3-4 small potatoes, boiled
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3-4 cloves of garlic
• 1/2 inch ginger
• 3-4 green chilies (adjust as per taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon oil

Ingredients for Sandwich

• 8 bread slices
• Butter as required
• Cheese as required 

Method:

1. To begin with making potato cheese sandwich, first we will make the potato stir-fry. For that, heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds. Once the seeds crackle, add the ginger, garlic and green chili paste. Saute for a minute or so. Next add the chopped onions and stir fry for 1-2 minutes. 

2. Add turmeric powder followed by grated boiled potato and salt to taste. Blend everything well and cook for another 1-2 minutes and put off the flame. Allow the potato stir-fry to cool down.

3. Now grease the sandwich maker with butter and preheat it. Meanwhile, we will assemble the sandwich. Take 4 bread slices and apply butter on each slice. Add 2-3 tablespoons of prepared potato stir-fry over 2 bread slices. Grate cheese over it. Now cover the 2 stuffed slices with the rest 2 buttered slices.

4. Now, apply butter on the top side of the assembled sandwiches. Place them carefully in the preheated sandwich maker buttered side down. Now coat the top side with butter taking care as the sides of sandwich maker are pretty hot.

5. Close the lid of the sandwich maker and grill the sandwich until it is crisp and golden brown from outside.

6. Serve the sandwich right out of the grill with ketchup or any dip, sauce or chutney of your choice and enjoy a delicious treat with your loved ones!

Recipe Notes:

• To make the potato cheese sandwich without sandwich maker, toast the buttered bread slices first on a pan or skillet. Stuff it with potato stir-fry and grated cheese and then place the sandwich again on the heated skillet or pan and cover cook for few minutes on low flame until the cheese melts.
• One can simply mash the boiled potato, season it with spice powders and stuff in between 2 bread slices. But i prefer to stir-fry the grated boiled potato with caramelized onions and ginger-garlic-green chili paste.
• The potato cheese sandwich tastes great when served hot.
• I have added grated processed cheese in the stuffing. You may skip it if you wish.You may also choose to use cheese slices instead.

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