Mumbai Cheese Toastie

Ingredients

• For 1 Sandwich:
• Fresh Chutney
• half a jalapeno chili
• handful coriander
• 10 large mint leaves
• 1 garlic clove (crushed)
• sea salt flakes
• 1/2 tsp caster sugar
• squeeze of lemon juice
• For the Sandwich
• 2 slices of white bread
• 50 g strong cheddar cheese. Grated
• 1 tomato (sliced)
• 1/4 small red onion (thinly sliced)
• pinch of ground cumin
• pinch of ground ginger
• pinch of ground cinnamon
• pinch of ground coriander
• butter
• 1/4 tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions

1. 1

   Put all the chutney ingredients in a mortar and pound it with a pestle

2. 2

   Add a good squeeze of lemon juice and set aside

3. 3

   Spread the chutney over both slices of bread

4. 4

   Lay the cheese, tomato and onion on one of them and sprinkle with the slices

5. 5

   Top with the other piece of bread

6. 6

   Melt a knob of butter and the oil in a frying pan and cook the sandwich for about 3 minutes on each side, pressing it down a few times with an egg lifter, and cook until the cheese is melted.

7. 7

   Careful not to burn the sandwich and serve immediately

8. 8

   From Simple by Diana Henry