Avocado Poha Sandwich Recipe

     This is one more recipe idea adapted from here - Wholegreens, my friend Sreeraksha's blog. She has a very good collection of innovative healthy vegetarian recipes. Hooked by the goodness of the recipes in her blog, I had tried Broccoli Bharta earlier and then the base idea for this sandwich. 
The avocado poha and veggie salad can be consumed as such. It tastes so yummy. Only because Mani doesn't like poha, I used the salad as a spread for bread sandwich and tricked him into eat poha !!!

Prep Time: 15 mins + 10 mins soaking time || Cook Time: 20 mins || Yields: 4 sandwiches || Category: Sandwich/Breakfast Recipe

Ingredients:
1. Avocado - 1
2. Onion - 1
3. Capsicum - 1/2
4. Carrot - 1
5. Tomato - 1 small
6. Coriander leaves 
7. Amchur powder - 2 tsp
8. Pepper powder - 2 tsp
9. Cumin powder - 2 tsp
10. Salt - as required
11. Lemon - 1 small
12. Poha (Flattened rice/Aval) - 75-100gms
13. White bread - 8 slices
14. Hing (Asafoetida) - 2 tsp (optional)

Method:
1. Wash and chop all the veggies finely. Scoop out the pulp of avocado and mash it well, adding few drops of lemon juice. In a bowl, add pepper powder, cumin powder, amchur powder, salt and avocado pulp and mix well. 

2. Wash poha twice and drain the water. Sprinkle some water and leave it aside for 10-15 mins. To the avocado pulp mixture, add all the veggies and mix well. Let it sit for 5 mins. 

3. To the mixed veggies, add the softened poha and mix well. Coat one side of a bread slice with this avocado poha spread and close it with another slice. 

4. Arrange the sandwiches on a grilling plate and cook till golden crust forms, drizzling oil or ghee on both the sides. 

Suggestions:

• Garam masala/chili flakes, asafoetida can be added if desired.
• Groundnuts can be added for a crunchy texture.
• Combination of vegetables can be altered as per taste.
• Using whole wheat bread in the place of white bread would be a still healthier option.
• The sandwich can be made in a normal dosa pan or in a sandwich maker too.
• The avocado poha stuffing can be had as such as a salt too, instead of using it as a stuffing for sandwich.