Mock mayonnaise sandwich recipe

This nutritious and lip-smacking toast is made of salad veggies tossed in mock mayonnaise with a curried twist. Let’s begin…

Makes: 4 sandwiches

Pre-preparation time: 1 hr 30 minutes

Preparation time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 slices whole-wheat bread or white bread
• 4 cups curd
• ½ cup carrots, grated
• 1 medium capsicum, chopped finely
• 4 tsp powdered sugar
• 2 tsp mustard seeds
• ¼ cup curry leaves
• ½ tsp red chilli powder
• Salt as per taste
• 1½ tbsp oil
• 2 tsp butter

Preparation method

1. Hang the curd in a muslin cloth for one and a half hours. Remove from cloth and transfer to a bowl.
2. Add the carrots, capsicum, salt and sugar; mix well and set aside.
3. Heat oil; add 1 tsp mustard seeds. Once seeds begin to splutter, add half of the curry leaves. Remove from heat and add red chilli powder.
4. Add this to the curd mixture.
5. Divide the curd mixture into 4 equal portions.
6. Evenly spread one portion between 2 slices of bread. Apply some butter on both the outer sides of the sandwich.
7. Heat a tava and sprinkle 1 tsp mustard seeds and the remaining curry leaves on it.
8. Then grill each sandwich on the tava over the curry leaves and mustard seeds till golden brown on each side.

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Ingredients

Sweet potatoes: 4 medium sized or 250gms

Coriander powder: 2 tsp

Red chilli powder: 1 tsp

Salt: as per your preference

Dry mango powder [amchur]: 1 tsp

How to make sweet potato tikki

1. 1. Wash the sweet potatoes well. You may need to scrub them with a brush if there’s too much mud stuck on it.
   2. Then boil the sweet potatoes. I boiled them in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles.
   3. Allow the steam to escape totally then open the cooker, drain the water and let the sweet potatoes cool a little.

1. 1. Once they are cool, peel the skin. If the skin is very thin, you need not peel it. Mash the sweet potatoes well, in a bowl. Then add coriander powder, red chilli powder, salt and dry mango powder. Mix well and make small tikkis or patties.

1. Heat a pan and add a little oil to grease it. Cook the tikkis on both sides till they have browned well. Eat them hot with some mint chutney or tamarind date chutney.

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Vermicelli upma

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 tsp mustard seeds
• 10 – 12 fresh curry leaves
• 1 tsp asafoetida
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 1 green chilli, finely chopped
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 200 gm vermicelli
• Salt to taste

Preparation method

1. Heat the oil over medium heat and add mustard seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida, onion, chilli and turmeric. Give it a stir and sauté till onions soften.
2. Now add vermicelli, sauté for a minute and stir in 1 cup water. Cover and cook till vermicelli softens.
3. Add salt and toss well.
4. Serve warm.

This was first published in the December 2014 issue of Complete Wellbeing.

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