Fried potato masala toastie

Name: Fried potato masala toastie recipe
Ingredients: 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 tsp unsalted butter, softened, plus; more to butter the bread; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 red onion, half finely diced, half thinly sliced; 300g (10½oz) new potatoes, peeled and cut into large bite-size pieces; big pinch of salt, plus ½ tsp; 1 small bunch of coriander; (cilantro), leaves picked and roughly chopped; 1 tbsp grated (shredded) fresh ginger; juice of 1 lemon; 1 clove of garlic, thinly sliced; 1–2 green chillies, finely sliced (remove the seeds if you want less heat); 8 slices of white bread; 200g (7oz) cheddar, gloucester or gouda cheese, thinly sliced; ½ cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced; 4 tomatoes, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp chaat masala, plus optional more to serve

This combination is irresistible – golden fried bread, creamy, soft, spiced potato, obediently melting cheese, all given a greedy slick of fresh ginger and chilli sauce, green as grass and hot as you can bear. A delicious recipe from Home Cookery Year by Claire Thomson.

By Claire Thomson

19 March 2025

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There isn’t a better toasted cheese sandwich than this one. Chaat masala is pretty crucial here and readily available from Indian superstores or online (you could use garam masala, but it won’t have the same tang). Sour, salty and hot, chaat masala is the transformative pinch to many different Indian dishes, and here, it is insanely good with the cheese and the chutney. Saturday lunch just got a whole lot better.

This recipe is an extract from 'Home Cookery Year: Four Seasons, Over 200 Recipes for All Possible Occasions', available to buy here.

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