3 Coloured stacked up sandwich

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Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Cooking Time : 2 minutes

Serving: one person

Description

3 colour stacked up sandwich . My maternal uncle shanu ( who is younger to me , I know it sounds wired but that’s the fact ) had come home for a days visit . He had to leave early morning by seven o clock the next day . Not wanting him to leave with out having his breakfast . Got in to the kitchen and went ahead with the regular idli , dosa , kuli Paniyaram schedule . But wanting to impress him with something new That would leave a mark in his memory . Having very little time , had to come up with a quick and easy recipe . Went strait to my refrigerator and just gazed at the available ingredients inside . Took out a few that would work together and made up my mind to make a sandwich but a bite size one as I had only four slices of bread and one egg  in hand . Prepared all the wanted ingredients and just stacked them up together to get an awesome , vibrant , colourful looking sandwich packed with so much character and taste . The marinated three coloured peppers and the green pesto add complexity and made  it all the more flavourful . The sandwich was ready in a flash and is apt for on the run meals , work lunch and  for kids to school that makes a welcome change from the usual . my uncle was all praises about the sandwich and my quest of a new dish with limited amount of time and things available in my pantry made my day .

Ingredients

Ingredients
Quantity
White Bread slices4 large (cut into bite size cubes )
Cheese slice2 cut into bite size cubes equal to the bread cubes ( optional )
Salt to taste
Omeletmade with one beaten egg and cut into even bite size cubes like the bread
Capsicumgreen
yellow and red1 each cut into even size cubes equal to the bread bite size cubes
Vinegar1/4 teaspoons
Sugar 1/4 teaspoon
Mayonnaise 2 tablespoons
Tomato sauce2 tablespoons
Olives or cherriesto garnish
Tooth pickto serve

Ingredients for the green pesto

Ingredients
Quantity
olive oil2 tablespoons
garlic 2 flakes
fresh basil leaves ( tulsi leaves ) 5
Coriander leaves 1/4 cup
Parmesan cheese2 tablespoon
Green chillies2 or to taste
pine nuts1 tablespoons
butter1 tablespoon
Salt and pepperto taste

Method

  1. To make the pesto , Grind all the ingredients together in a food processor to a chunky texture and set aside .
  2. Marinate the red , yellow and green capsicums / pepper cubes  in vinegar, sugar and salt to taste   and Set aside .
  3. Mix mayonnaise and tomato sauce together and set aside .

To assemble the sandwich

  1. Toast bread slices in butter to a golden brown colour  . Spread the green pesto on one side of a toasted bread cube .
  2. Place a piece of omelet cube , top with cheese slice  cube , place green capsicum cube over and  place another  slice of toasted bread with tomato mayonnaise applied side facing towards the green capsicum.
  3. Top with pesto on the other side of the bread cube , place with yellow pepper cube , omelet cube and  cheese slice cube .
  4. Then place a bread slice applied with tomato mayonnaise applied side facing down towards the yellow capsicum , apply green pesto over , top with omelet cube , cheese slice cube and do the same by repeating the layer with red capsicum slice .
  5. Making sure bread is the final layer . Insert a tooth pick and top the tooth pick with whole olive or cherrie and serve .

Notes

  1. You can use mint chutney mixed with mayonnaise instead of green pesto sauce .
  2. Vegetarians avoid the omelet and you get the veggie version .