Bread and Potato Toast

Bread and potatoes is one of the most popular and versatile combinations. There could be a hundred recipes with these two ingredients. I added one more recipe to my recipe world when I learnt this delicious dish from my Mother-in –law. She had made it for breakfast and it surprisingly took very little time to prepare it. Each bite begins with the crunch of the crisp bread bottom and proceeds to a cheese and potato flavor. Yumm!!!

Ingredients:

• 4 Slices of bread
• 2 Medium sized potatoes (boiled and mashed)
• 1 tbsp of peas (optional)
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 2 slices of cheese
• 1 small green chili (chopped)
• 1 string of Coriander leaves
• Salt to taste
• 2- 3 tbsp of oil
• 2-3 tsp of all purpose flour
• 2-3 tbsp of water

Method:

• Cut each slice of bread into 2 halves.
• Apply some butter on each half and keep it aside
• In a bowl mix the mashed potatoes with peas, coriander leaves, salt, and chili
• Cut each cheese slice into 2 pieces
• Place a half cheese slice on a piece of buttered bread
• Place the mixture of mashed potatoes on top of the cheese and flatten it.
• Make a paste (of glue consistency) of the all purpose flour and water
• Apply a thin layer of this paste on the spread of potatoes
• Heat a pan with 1-2 tbsp of oil and keep it on medium flame.
• Place the bread slices on it, the stuffing side facing downwards
• Flip it the other side when it becomes golden brown
• When both sides are golden brown, take it off the heat and serve hot with ketchup

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Makes 4 pieces