Saturday, April 11, 2015

Veggie Basket (Fully Loaded Veggies in a Bread Basket)

This morning was so beautiful, rain, fog, woods…made me feel so good, and made me to crave more delicious breakfast than usual. My cravings this morning resulted this recipe with a kind of a Toast with Sauteed Vegetables. I used the vegetables which I have in my fridge. You can use either eggs or any vegetables as per your choice.  



Ingredients:
Green Bell Pepper – 1 medium size, washed, remove seeds and chop into small cubes
Red Bell Pepper – 1 medium size, washed, removed seeds and chop into small cubes
Potato – 1 medium size , washed, peeled and chop into small cubes
Green Peas – 1 small cup
Onion – 1 small- Peel and chop into small pieces
Garlic – 1 small pod – peeled and chopped  (Optional)
Jeera Seeds – 1 small tbl spoon (Optional)
Mustard Seeds – 1 small tbl spoon (Optional)
Oil – 2 spoons  (to sautee the vegetables)
Salt – 1 tbl spoon (as per taste)
Crushed Pepper – 1 tbl spoon (as per taste)
White Bread – 6 slices
Butter – 1 small cube ( bring to room temperature) – (Optional, You can use any Vegetable Oil)
Grated Sharp Cheddar Cheese – 2 spoons – (Optional)
You also need a Muffin Tray for this recipe.

Preparation:
Preheat Over at 410 °F. Spray the muffin tray with cooking spray or with grease with butter.

Stuffing Preparation: Heat Oil in the pan, add jeera seeds, mustard seeds, let it splatter. Add chopped Onion, fry for two mins till it leaves the raw smell (Or fry till turn little brown color), add chopped garlic, chopped vegetables (Bell Peppers, Potato) and peas. Add salt and pepper, sautee the vegetables for 5 mins or till vegetables leaves the raw smell.
Take the bread slices, Remove the edges. Cut Diagonal and make every slice into two pieces. Apply Butter to both sides of the slices. Place the slices in each muffin cup by pressing in bottom and sides as a cup.  Take a spoon and Fill the cup with vegetable stuffing. Sprinkle Chedder Cheese on top of the vegetables. I am not a cheese lover, so I just sprinkled a little. Also I used Sharp Chedder Cheese. You may use any cheese as per your choice.
Place the muffin tray in the pre-heated oven and let it bake for 10-15 mins. The baking time varies depending on your oven settings.  You can check the oven till the bread turns brown.

Remove the Tray from oven and let it cool for 5 mins. Remove the baked veggie cups from tray with the help of knife or fork and serve hot. Enjoyy !!!


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