It is a long weekend here, Eid holidays, No office till Wednesday and No School till next Sunday. It all sums up to lot of time in the kitchen, lot of cooking and cleaning. As usual we got up little late and ended up having breakfast at 11am.
Since it is almost time for lunch, i thought of making the breakfast a bit more filling, so it will keep us full till evening. Had some eggplants in the fridge, made this roasted aubergine sandwich with mozzarella and tomatoes.
At first, thought of roasting the eggplants in the oven, then shunned the thought and shallow-fried it on stove-top. It is an easy recipe to make if you have all the ingredients and little time in the morning. So, i would recommend it for Weekend brunch or breakfast.
I have used green chilies to spice up the aubergines, you can use chili oil or marinate them with red chili flakes for 10-15 minutes before grilling them.
Ingredients
2 Burger buns
1 green chili, thinly chopped
1 big aubergine/eggplant, cut into roundels
1 large tomato, cut into roundels or cherry tomatoes, cut into halves
100 grams mozzarella cheese,cut into thin slices.
2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Method
- Wash and cut the aubergine into thin roundels, keep it in water till use. Heat a pan, add 2 teaspoon of oil. Add half the chopped green chilies into hot oil. Now place 4-5 aubergine roundels, at a time and shallow fry them on both sides until brown. Remove it another plate. Repeat the same with all the slices.
To Assemble the sandwich
- Place a slice of roasted eggplant, top it with slices of tomatoes, then slices of mozzarella. Add antoher slice of eggplant and some cheese and close the burger.
- Toast it crisp on both sides with butter in a simmer flame for the cheese to melt. Serve it hot with some sauce
Priya Suresh
Never tried sandwich with roasted aubergine, have to give a try soon, alluring sandwich.
Harini R
Never heard of egg plant in sandwich. My older one loves roasted egg plant in pasta. Shall see if she likes in sandwiches too.
Pavani
Eggplant with cheese is a match made in heaven 😉 or so I think. That is one very very tasty sandwich.
Gayathri Kumar
Very innovative sandwich Priya. The roasted eggplant and cheese sounds awesome..
vaishali sabnani
Roasted aubergines have a awesome flavor and is used very widely in sandwiches .The cheese tomato and aubergines must have been delicious.
The Pumpkin Farm
beautiful flavors going in there..nice
cookingwithsapana
Roasted aubergine must have tasted great in sandwich.Looks so yummy.
MySpicyKitchen
This is a such a filling and flavorful sandwich for a weekend brunch!!
Kalyani
love the smoky flavour from the roasted aubergines - my husband would love it...
Nalini's Kitchen
Perfect week end brunch,sandwich with eggplant and cheese sounds inviting.
Srividhya
I love the eggplant and cheese combo. looks delicious.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Love the eggplant and cheese sandwich. Roasting the eggplant makes it so flavorful.
Archana
Mmm what a yummy sandwich. Love to try it.
Suma Gandlur
A filling sandwich and I think a great one for eggplant lovers.
Smruti Ashar
Roasted vegetables are always a hit in sandwiches. Your version looks super yummy.
Srivalli
I won't mind a bite right now priya. Sounds so yummy!
veena
What a yummy sandwich.Drooling