Lebanese Smoked Vegetable Sandwich

Past week we have been gorging on Mediterranean food. Made whole wheat Pita bread using Sanjeevkapoor’s recipe. They turned out quite good with ~ 80% puffing rate! Stuffed it with Falafel from the recipe here and topped it with Nupur’s Tahini sauce.

This was just a prelude to the party that we had to host. For the party I made some Pita bread stuffed with smoked vegetables (Lebanese smoked vegetable sandwich) and topped with a yoghurt-mustard dip both recipes from Nita Mehta’s mini cookbook ‘Low cal snacks’. This was a huge hit with the guests. I smoked the veggies on a charcoal fired grill.

The other items on the menu were Green Chana kebabs adapted from Ranjit Rai’s Tandoor-The great Indian Barbecue served with a spicy mint chutney, grilled white onions, skewered cheese and fruits (without grilling) glazed with ginger-brown sugar syrupand some delectable eggless dark Chocolate- Orange Mousse from Aparna’s recipe.

Thank you all the lovely recipe owners for making my party a hit! 🙂

Here’s the recipe for the Lebanese Smoked vegetable sandwichesadapted from Nita Mehta’s book:

Smoked veggies of your choice chopped (I used Red, Yellow bell pepper, mushrooms) ;all smoked directly on a charcoal fired grill.

Tomatoes smoked, skin removed and chopped (remove the seeds and the pulp)

Paneer (Indian cottage cheese) smoked/grilled and cubed (use the soft variety, I used Amul paneer)

Lebanese Smoked Vegetable Sandwich

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Ingredients

• oregano Fresh chopped
• parsley Fresh chopped
• black pepper Freshly ground
• Chilli flakes (the original recipe did not suggest this but I added it to make the sandwiches spicier)
• to taste Salt
• quarter Pita bread cut into
• . paneer parsley oregano black pepper chilli salt Toss the smoked chopped vegetables and cubes together. Add the chopped , , , flakes and . Mix well
• quarters and . Pita bread veggie mustard Cut the into stuff the smoked mix. Top it with the youghurt dip and serve immediately

For the Yoghurt mustard dip:

• / Youghurtcurd
• Mustard paste
• Salt
• Black pepper

Servings:

Instructions

1. I also added 1-2 tsps of some leftover Tahini paste
2. Whisk all the ingredients together and serve with the smoked veggie-pita sandwiches.