Make this refreshing and delicious bhurji sandwich under 10 mins. If you can't eat paneer, replace with eggs, tofu, ricotta cheese or halloumi.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 2 minutes
- Cook time: 6 minutes
- Total time: 8 minutes
- Yield: 2
- Category: Breakfast / snack
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 4 slices bread ((prefer brown or whole meal))
- 2 tsps butter (or ghee)
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp cumin (/ Jeera)
- 1 tsp garlic (or ½ tsp grated ginger)
- Salt (as needed)
- 1 Pinch turmeric (/ haldi)
- ½ to ¾ tsp red chilli powder (or 1 to 2 green chilies chopped)
- ¼ to ½ tsp garam masala ((use as needed))
- ¼ tsp amchur (or 1 tsp Lemon juice)
- 1 onion (medium sized)
- 1 tomato (medium sized)
- 1/3 cup paneer (crumbled)
Method
- Smear butter or ghee over the bread and toast until golden on one side. You can skip toasting if you prefer to make it in a toaster or grill.
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee, add ginger/ garlic and cumin. Saute until garlic smells good. Switch off the stove.
- Add paneer, red chili powder, masala powder, turmeric, salt, coriander leaves, lemon juice or amchur powder and mix very well. Do not cook further. Taste and check the spice and salt levels.
- Place this over the bread and place onion rings, tomatoes, coriander leaves and other leafy greens like lettuce if you have.
- You can also grill or toast these in a electric oven or toaster or griller.
- Halve the paneer bhurji sandwich and serve.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.