Toasted fish sandwich

Toasted fish sandwich

Toasted sandwich is one of our family favorites. It is handy for picnics, long distance travel etc. I made the sandwiches on a stove top sandwich maker. I am using this for more  than 25 years. Those days it was very common. Nowadays electric sandwich maker is mostly used. But I like best is the one made by gas top toaster as the saying old is gold.

Manual Toaster

Inside of the toaster

Toaster with the toasted fish sandwich

I used canned fish but fresh fish also can be used. I think canned fish is tastier.

                                    Recipe summary
                                              For
                                  Toasted fish sandwich
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes to make the filling ( Toasting 21/2 minutes per piece)

Serves: 8 to 10

1. I used 800 grams canned fish (2 cans of 400 grams each). Open the can remove the fish and wash to remove the tomato sauce. Flake the fish and add 1 tsp chili powder, ½ tsp  pepper powder, 1 tsp salt, and mix. Keep aside.

Toasted fish sandwich

2. Heat 3 tbsp vegetable oil oil in a medium sized frying pan or sauce pan. When the oil is hot add 80 grams chopped onion (1)  and fry for 5 minutes.

3. Add 4 cloves  garlic, sliced,  10 grams grated ginger and 1 sprig curry leaves and fry for 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Ingredients for Toasted
fish sandwich

4. Add 10 grams  thinly sliced red chili and 32 grams  thinly sliced green chili and fry for 3 minutes.

5. Add 180 grams tomato ( sliced and seeds removed) and fry for 5 minutes or until all the moister in the tomato is evaporated. We want the filling to be dry and not soggy.

6. Add the 200 grams russet potato ( boiled and cut into small pieces) and cook for 5 minutes. Lightly mash the potato while stirring.

7. Add fish mixture and stir well.

The filling

8. The filling is ready.
Making the sandwich
1. My sandwich maker is not non-stick. Add a little butter on one side of the metal plate and heat on very light heat for 3 seconds and turn to the other side of the metal plate without opening for the butter to spread on that side too.

Sandwich in the toaster

2. I apply butter on one side of the bread which comes into contact with the metal plate.

3. I put the bread on the sandwich maker and put in a generous quantity of filling and cover it with another piece of bread with butter on the other side buttered side facing up. Cover and close the toaster and cut the excess bread bulging out side using a butter knife.

4. Cook over a light flame turning both sides.  It took only 2½ minutes to cook both sides on the gas stove top.

5. Spicy sandwich is ready. Serve it while still warm.

Toasted fish sandwich is ready.
                                  

                      Recipe follows in detail with pictures.


Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes to make the filling ( Toasting 21/2 minutes per piece)
Serves: 8 to 10

Ingredients for the filling
800 grams canned fish (2 cans of 400 grams each)
80 grams onion (1) chopped
200 grams russet potato ( boiled and cut into small pieces)
180 grams tomato ( sliced and seeds removed)
32 grams green chili sliced thin
1 sprig curry leaves chopped
10 grams ginger
4 cloves garlic
1 red chili
1 green chili
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 tea spoon pepper powder.
1 teaspoon chili powder.

Ingredients for Toasted fish sandwich

Ingredients for sandwich
32 slices of bread
125 grams butter

Preparation of filling

Open the can remove the fish and wash to remove the tomato sauce. Flake the fish and add chili powder pepper powder, salt, and mix. Keep aside.

Fish marinated with chili, pepper,cumin powder  and salt

Heat the oil in a medium sized frying pan or sauce pan. When the oil is hot add the onion and fry for 5 minutes.
Add garlic, ginger and curry leaves and fry for 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Frying onion garlic,ginger,and curry leaf

Add red and green chili and fry for 3 minutes.

Adding chili

Add tomato and fry for 5 minutes or until all the moister in the tomato is evaporated. We want the filling to be dry and not soggy.

Add the potatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Lightly mash the potato while stirring.

Adding potato

Add fish mixture and stir well.

The filling is ready.

The filling

Making the sandwich

My sandwich maker is not non-stick. Add a little butter on one side of the metal plate and heat on very light heat for 3 seconds and turn to the other side of the metal plate without opening for the butter to spread on that side too.
 I apply butter on one side of the bread which comes into contact with the metal plate.

Buttered bread

 I put the bread on the sandwich maker and put in a generous quantity of filling and cover it with another piece of bread with butter on the other side buttered side facing up.

preparing the toaster

 Cover and close the toaster and cut the excess bread bulging out side using a butter knife.

The excess bread

Cook over a light flame turning both sides.  It took only 2½ minutes to cook both sides on the gas stove top.

The toast is ready

Spicy sandwich is ready.

Serve it while still warm.

Toasted fish sandwich

If you are going to make for the family  make the sandwiches ready on a plate. Keep the buttered side of the bread in contact with the plate, put the filling, cover it with the other slice of the bread buttered side facing out.

Buttered bread and filling

Bread with the filling