·       INTRODUCTION

A toasty grilled Potato sandwich (or Aloo Sandwich) with a savory spiced mashed potato stuffing is comfort food for us. All you need to make these delish carb-loaded sandwiches are some boiled potatoes, ground spices, herbs, cheese, butter, and bread of your choice. Grill them, toast them or enjoy them as is.

·        INGREDIENTS

• 8 bread slices – whole wheat bread, brown bread or white bread
• 2 to 3 medium potatoes – boiled and mashed
• 1 or 2 green chilies – chopped finely
• ¼ teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder or paprika (optional)
• ¼ teaspoon Garam masala powder
• 1 teaspoon dry mango powder (amchur powder) or as required or swap with ¼ teaspoon lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon cumin powder (ground cumin)
• ½ to 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves (cilantro) or swap with mint leaves
• softened butter – salted or unsalted, as required
• salt as required
• grated cheddar cheese as required (optional)

·         RECIPE

• Rinse the potatoes very well in water.
• Boil or steam the potatoes in a pan or pressure cooker or Instant pot until they are fork tender and can be easily mashed.
• Drain all the water from the cooked potatoes and peel them when they become warm. Mash them in a mixing bowl. You can mash them with a fork or a potato masher.

Making Potato Sandwich

• Add all the herbs and ground spices powders – chopped green chilies, coriander leaves, red chili powder, garam masala powder, dry mango powder, cumin powder and salt as required. Mix very well.
• Check the seasoning and add more of salt, red chili powder, dry mango powder if required.
• Spread butter generously on half of the bread slices.
• Take some portion of the potato stuffing and spread it on the buttered bread slices.
• Optional step – sprinkle some grated cheese.
• Cover the bread slices with the remaining buttered slices.
• Spread some butter lightly on the top of the bread sandwiches.
• Place the sandwiches buttered side down carefully.
• Note: Be careful when doing this. If you cannot do this then just skip the above step. Instead spread butter once the sandwiches are grilled.
• Now spread butter on the top of the bread slices facing you.
• Cover the grill and grill for 2 to 3 minutes or till the sandwiches are golden and crisp.
• Serve potato sandwich hot with tomato sauce or cilantro chutney or both.