Sesame Toast
Vegetarian Sesame Toast is an Indo-Chinese snack made with bread slices topped with a spiced vegetable mixture and sesame seeds. The prepared toasts are shallow fried until crisp and golden. The texture is crunchy on the outside with a soft vegetable layer inside. It can be served as a snack or starter.
- Prep time
- 40 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup or 1 small to medium carrot (– parboiled & finely chopped)
- 1/4 cup or 8 to 10 french beans (– parboiled & finely chopped)
- 1 medium potato (– boiled or about 1/2 cup of mashed potato)
- 1/4 cup or 1 small capsicum (– finely chopped (green bell pepper))
- 1/4 cup or 1 small to medium onion (– finely chopped)
- 1 tsp celery (– chopped, or use coriander leaves)
- 1 green chilli (– finely chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (– peeled and finely chopped)
- 2 to 3 garlic cloves (– small to medium-sized, peeled and finely chopped)
- 1 tbsp cornstarch ((cornflour))
- 1/2 tbsp soy sauce (or as required, preferably use naturally fermented soy sauce)
- 2 to 3 tablespoon white sesame seeds (or as required)
- salt (as required)
- black pepper (as required)
- 3 tbsp cornstarch ((cornflour))
- 2 to 3 tablespoons water
- 4 to 5 slices bread (– white bread, brown bread or whole wheat)
- oil (– as needed for shallow frying or deep frying)
Instructions
- 1
Boil the potato and then mash it. Parboil the carrots and beans. Finely chop them also.
- 2
Also finely chop the onions, capsicum, celery or coriander, ginger, garlic and green chili.
- 3
In a bowl, mix the mashed potatoes, finely chopped carrot, beans, capsicum, onion, celery or coriander, ginger,garlic, green chili, cornstarch, soy sauce, salt and black pepper really well.
- 4
Let this mixture cool completely.
- 5
Mix and prepare the cornstarch paste by mixing the corn starch and water in a small bowl. Set aside.
- 6
Cut the bread into rectangular or triangle or small shaped squares or even round shape with a cookie cutter.
- 7
Spread the veggie filling evenly. Press it lightly so that the filling sticks to the bread.
- 8
You can also first spread the cornflour paste on the bread and then spread the veggie filling.
- 9
Then spread or brush the prepared cornflour paste on it. Sprinkle the sesame seeds liberally over the paste. Press lightly so that they don't fall off.
- 10
Heat oil for shallow frying or deep frying. Slid the bread slices upside down with the filling side at the bottom, in medium hot oil.
- 11
When this side gets browned, turn and cook the other side. You can flip once or twice to get a uniform golden color.
- 12
Fry the bread slices till crisp golden. Place the fried bread slices on paper towels for extra oil
- 13
Then slice them if you want & serve sesame toast hot with tomato sauce or chili sauce or schezwan sauce.