DAHI SANDWICH

Viewer's Submission: Received from Deepali Ravi, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

E-mail: deepaliravi@hotmail.com

INGREDIENTS

Bread: 8 slices
Butter to apply on the breads
Plain yoghurt : 3 cups
Mustard seeds : 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Oil : 1 tsbp
Coconut (grated) : 1/2 cup
Green Chilies : 2
Coriander leaves (chopped) : 1 cup
Salt to taste
Lemon juice : 1 tsp
Sugar : 2 tsp
Red Chilly Powder : 1 tsp 
Tamarind : 25 gms (or 1 tsp Tamarind paste)
Dates : 25 gms
Ginger paste : 1 tsp

METHOD

Cut the bread slices into nice and fine round shape (can use a steel, sharp rimmed round vessel of 2 inch diameter). Butter on one side of each cut bread.

Chutney Preparation
Grind the grated coconut, green chillies, coriander leaves together and then add salt, lemon juice and a pinch of sugar.Mix it to make a fine paste- of consistency enough to apply on bread.

Dahi Preparation
Heat the oil, add the mustard and cumin seeds to it and remove it from stove after few seconds. Immediately put it into the yoghurt. Add sugar and salt to taste. Stir it properly to get a slight sweetish dahi.

Tamarind Chutney
Boil the tamarind and the dates. Sift it and squeeze out the paste. Add ginger paste, red chilly powder and salt to taste.

Serving
Now that all the preparations are over, the dish is ready to be served. Apply a thick layer of Chutney on one slice of bread and then put the other buttered slice over it. Now pour about 5 tbsp of Dahi over it. Sprinkle little red chilly, coriander leaves and tamarind chutney on it and there you have the yummy sandwiches.

Serves: 2

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