Cheese Chilli Toast ( Mumbai Roadside Snack)
Cuisine: Indian
Author: EasyRecipes .
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 25 mins
If the name makes you believe that this is a simple toast of bread with cheese and chilli flakes, you are in for a huge surprise. On Mumbai’s streets, Cheese Chilli Toast is an elaborate treat, of chutney-coated bread topped with a succulent mixture of cheese, capsicum and green chillies. Toasted with a brushing of butter, the Cheese Chilli Toast is a snack that will perk you up instantly with its vibrant flavour and wonderful texture. Serve it hot and fresh with tomato ketchup and green chutney.
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups grated processed cheese
  • 1½ tbsp finely chopped green chillies
  • ¼ cup finely chopped capsicum
  • salt to taste
  • 8 slices bread
  • 4 tsp butter for brushing
  • butter for greasing and cooking
  • 8 tsp green chutney
  • For Serving
  • tomato ketchup
  • green chutney
Instructions
  1. 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 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 toasts.
  12. Serve immediately with tomato ketchup and green chutney.
Notes
At step 9, keep turning the sandwich toaster and checking at regular intervals to avoid the toast from getting burnt.
Recipe by Mithila.net at https://www.mithila.net/snacks/cheese-chilli-toast-mumbai-roadside-snack-13753.html