Mumbai Chilli Cheese Toast

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups grated processed cheese
• 1 1/2 tbsp finely chopped green chillies
• 1/4 cup finely chopped capsicum
• salt (namak) to taste
• 8 slices bread
• 4 tsp butter for spreading
• 6 tsp butter for greasing and cooking
• 8 tsp green chutney
• tomato ketchup for serving.
• green chutney for serving

Steps

1. To make chilli cheese toast, combine the cheese, capsicum, green chillies and salt in a deep bowl and mix well.
2. Divide the mixture into 4 equal portions. Keep aside.
3. Spread ½ tsp of butter on each bread slice evenly and keep aside.
4. Place 2 bread slices on a clean, dry surface with the buttered side facing upwards.
5. Spread 1 tsp of green chutney on each of the bread slices.
6. Spread a portion of the mixture evenly on 1 bread slice and cover with another bread slice with 1 buttered-chutney side facing downwards and press it tightly.
7. Spread a little butter evenly on the bread slices.
8. Grease a sandwich toaster on both the sides using butter and pre-heat for a minute.
9. Place the sandwich in the sandwich toaster and cook on a medium flame, till it turns brown and crisp from both the sides.
10. Cut the chilli cheese toast into 4 equal pieces, place it on a plate and apply a little butter evenly over it.
11. Repeat steps 4 to 10 to make 3 more cheese chilli toasts.
12. Serve the chilli cheese toast immediately with tomato ketchup and green chutney.
13. At step 9, keep turning the sandwich toaster and checking at regular intervals to avoid the toast from getting burnt.