Bengaluru Sandwich Recipe
Bengaluru Sandwich ( also called as Bun Nippat Masala) is a street style snack found in many places in Bengaluru.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 3 large burger buns
- 3 nippatu ( rice crackers) also called chekkalu in telugu
- 3 tablespoons congress kadlekayi
- 3 tablespoons green chutney
- 2 tablespoons date chutney or to taste
- 3 tablespoons sev
- few thinly sliced pineapple wedges
- few thinly sliced cucumber
- few thinly sliced tomato
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled and grated
- 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves
- salt to sprinkle
- Kashmiri red chili powder to taste
- chaat masala to taste
Instructions
- Finely chop the onion, add a squeeze of lemon and soak it in water for 10 minutes to remove the strong raw flavor. Drain the water completely and set a side.
- Add the onion, coriander leaves and grated carrot to a bowl and mix it well.
- Slice the bun, apply butter/oil and roast in the tawa or a toaster till light brown.
- Apply green chutney and tamarind chutney on both bun slices. Now crush a nippatu and place it on one of bun slice.
- Now add congress kaldlekayi (masala peanuts) and onion carrot and coriander mixture. Sprinkle some salt and chaat masala.
- Add sev, thinly sliced cucumber, pinch of salt, thinly sliced pineapple, red chili powder, chaat masala, and tomato.
- Now cover with the other half of the bun which is applied with date and green chutney. Gently press the bun from the top and cut them to four pieces.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
When it comes measurements, there are no hard rules. You can add ingredients according to your taste.
Soaking the onion in water is optional. I prefer doing it as we do not like the raw flavor of onion.