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PHOTO: V. SREENIVASA MURTHY

HOT FROM THE OVEN Delicious snacks

Grilled mushroom toast

Ingredients:

Bread: 10 slices

Mushroom: 200 gm

Onion: 1

Capsicum: 1

White sauce: 1 cup

Butter: 2 tbsp

Grated cheese: 4-5 tbsp

Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Cut the bread into desired shape. Apply butter on one side. Parboil the mushrooms. Remove their skin and slice the mushrooms finely. Slice the onion and capsicum equally fine.

Heat the remaining butter in a pan. Add the onion and capsicum and stir fry for a few minutes.

Then add the sliced mushrooms and stir fry again.

Add the white sauce, salt and pepper. Mix well. On each slice of bread spread the above mixture.

Sprinkle grated cheese over it and bake in a hot oven until crisp.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Ingredients:

Finely chopped broccoli: 1 cup

Boiled American corn: 1 cup

Grated boiled potatoes: 1 1/2 cup

Finely chopped onion: 1

Butter: 2 tbsp

Thick white sauce: 1/2cup

Grated cheese: 1 cup

Salt and pepper to taste

For the batter:

Plain flour mixed with water: 1 cup

Bread crumbs

Oil for frying

Method:

Heat the butter. Stir fry the onion for 2-3 minutes. Add the chopped broccoli, boiled corn and grated potatoes. Then add the grated cheese, salt and pepper. Mix well.

Allow the mixture to cool and keep it aside for at least 2 hours.

Make desired shapes of cutlets of the above mixture. Mix the plain flour with water. Dip the cutlets in the batter and deep fry.

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