Bombay's Ultimate Triple Decker grilled sandwich



What happens when a kitchen newbie take over for half a day ?

Breakfast is served at 11, three pans are needed for boiling and peeling potatoes, another seven bowls are fished out for cheese, tomato and onion, butter & cheese is used with gay abandon but all is happily overlooked when wicked cheese sandwiches replace the usual angelic cereal and cold milk.

This is what happened in our little kitch today when Prashant after getting pestered by me to make breakfast whipped up a truly scrumtious grilled sandwich, just like we used to eat ever so often at a little fast food joint near Breach candy, called 'The Right Place', during our bombay days.

Somehow, I can never manage to get this sandwich to taste like the real thing, not only am I too wimpish when it comes to cheese and butter, I am also too lazy to gather all the stuff that goes into it, willing to substitute , or do without whatever's unavailable. On the other hand, Prashant happily butters the slices and tosses in shredded cheese with as much nonchalance as The Right Place sandwich 'bhaiyas', and also diligently tracks down all the delightful stuffings like simla mirch (yellow peppers don't have the same zing!) and Amul butter that are characteristic of the real Mc Coy. Therefore, my demands of going easy on the butter & cheese is met with a reaction not unlike that of the bhaiyas at Right Place who would throw me a disdainful look when I made such odd requests !

Here's Prashant's fully loaded, perfect grilled sandwich, which together with a tall glass of ice tea makes our yummy sunday brunch.



all we need is :

white sandwich bread 6 slices
1 firm tomato, sliced
1 onion, sliced into rings
1 medium boiled potato, mashed with salt/chaat masala
1 small capsicum, sliced
75g cheddar cheese
butter
chaat masala/salt & pepper

Method:
Butter the bread slices on one side, (at Right Place, obviously both sides have to be buttered, after all, 50 rupey ka sandwich hai!). slather some green chutney over the butter, spread potato and onion on one slice and capsicum & tomato on the other. Toss some shredded cheese on both.With the first slice as base, place the second one on top, veggie side up. Top with the third slice, with the chutney side pressing down on the veggies/cheese. PAM spray both sides of the sandwich maker (use the grill attachment), and grill till crispy and golden brown. No sanwich maker ? No problem, just cook it on a hot tawa using PAM/oil/butter till nicely done. Take it one level higher by serving with some xtra zingy ketchup, :p created by the jugalbandi duo

Off this goes to the sandwich festival hosted by Anupama.



Janki has a lovely post on the "breach candy sandwiches", as they are called in Bombay, with a step by step pictorial guide to making them. She concludes by declaring it No.1 Bombay food ! Do check out her illustrated guide to these sandwiches here.

28 comments:

  1. Ooey gooey sandwich, yum!:)

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  2. thats one great looking sandwich!!

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  3. Toatally new to me loved the name too

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  4. asha:Thanks, tis' gooey inside and crispy outside:)

    arundathi: Thanks, & I just checked out lotsa' great looking things on your blog too :)

    smn: Both the name and the sandwich are quite a mouthful:)

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  5. Oooh! I remember these from my days in Mumbai!
    A perfect meal.:)

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  6. I had this at a sandwich place in Gurgaon last week.... I miss my Nariman Point sandwich wala!!

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  7. Such a mouthwatering treat.. :) Am hungry now!

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  8. oh wow!!such a cheesy sandwich..love it...

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  9. Laavanya : Thank you :)
    Ranji: thanks..no cheese, no life, isn't it ;)

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  10. TBC, Raaga: Nice to meet more mumbaiwallahs. Bombay ke sandwiches ki baat hi alag hai na ?

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  11. I love the ones you get near the US consulate! your sandwiches are making me hungry Rashmi!:)

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  12. Mouth watering Sandwich,I made a similar sandwich a few days ago!!

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  13. wow..delicious sandwich..nice pics

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  14. wow..delicious sandwich..nice pics

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  15. Mansi:
    Thanks..Right Place is near the US consulate so, maybe these are the same sandwiches:)

    Hetal & Divya:
    Thank you so much:)

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  16. that's how i cook too - pots and pans littered around the kitchen. i pity j 'cos he often cleans up after me.

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  17. aawww bee..so sweet of j..lucky girl!

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  18. Wow this looks delicious, Rashmi! I am going to try it for sure!

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  19. Hey, I remember the Right place. It is tucked away right inside next to Amarsons, right? This was my fave eating place. This grilled sandwich along with a tall glass of strawberry milkshake. Ooooh ! brings back memories.

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  20. hey hey hey ... another thing in common... i love bombay ka grilled sandwich... breach cnady and have u had d juhu thakkar's one... its almostd same.. and i too used to make real odd request with him.. ki bhaiya.. thoda cheese zyada.. and this and that... wow... refreshed my memories rash...
    bombay ki sandwiches ki baat hi alag hai yaar

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  21. no yaar, staying in town, i missed out on all the yummy food at juhu, bandra & andheri:(, but heard lots of stories from friends later.

    All the bhel/sev wallahs at warden rd also remember me for my crazy requests, no meetha,ekdum teekha !

    we do sound equally crazy, don't we :)

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  22. Hey Rashmi, I tried out this sandwich.. it tasted amazing! thanks for the great recipe

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  23. Vandy:
    You did? Thank you so much for trying it and letting me know. Glad you enjoyed it:)

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  24. i finally made this tonight for dinner (eating it as i type) and it was just AMAZING!!! I didn't skimp on anything either! thank you so so much!

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  25. I am so thrilled that you liked it Anu,thanks for trying and telling me:)

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  26. Hey - here's my post!

    http://arundathi-foodblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/bombay-grilled-sandwich.html

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