Brown bread subway sandwich

BROWN BREAD SUBWAY SANDWICH

INGREDIENTS

• Milk – 1/2 cup
• Water – 1/2 cup
• Active dry yeast – 1 1/2 tbsp
• Honey – 1 1/2 tbsp [instead of honey you can use sugar ]
• Oats – 1/2 cup + extra for topping [ you can grind the oats to coarse pwdr or use it directly ]
• Butter melted – 2 tbsp
• Whole wheat flour / multi grain flour – 1 1/4 cup [not very fine]
• Maida – 1 cup
• Salt to taste [roughly around 1 tsp ]

PREPARATION [very imp part – proofing of yeast ]

1. Take warm milk + warm water in a bowl, add honey + yeast and mix well. [temperature of water + milk should be such that you can hold your finger in the liquid upto 10 counts maximum – either less or more will not wrk . ****You can microwave the milk + water for 30 or 40 seconds
2. Cover and keep aside for 10 mins for proofing . After 10 mins the mixture will become frothy .***If the yeast doesn’t becomes frothy ,then you have to discard and repeat the procedure .
3. Take wheat flour + maida + oats + salt + butter in a big plate and mix well for 2 mins with clean hands so that all ingredients blend together well .

METHOD

Now pour the yeast mixture in the flour mixture and start mixing .

Knead it into a smooth sticky dough with hands .[knead it for 10 – 12 mins ]

The dough should not be tight .Use more milk or water if required .

Cover and keep the dough in a bowl for minimum 1 hr or more .

The dough will be doubled .

Remove the dough and punch it .

Knead it for few seconds.

Divide the dough in 4 equal portions .

Roll each portion into a cylindrical shape without any cracks.

Arrange it on a greased baking tray

Cover it with a damp cloth for minimum 1 hr .

Again the dough will rise slightly .

Take a knife and give few  slits slightly .[not deep ]

Preheat the oven at 200 * C

Rub little milk over the loaf and sprinkle the oats + mixed herbs .

Bake the bread for 40  mins . [ baking time depends on how big the loaf is and also the oven ]

Check after 25 or 30 mins . Dont over bake it .

The loaf should become brown from all sides and hollow when tapped .

Remove and allow to cool .

*** As we r using wheat flour the bread will be slightly dense .For good result use fresh yeast – 10 gms for 250 gms flour .

STUFFING FOR THE SANDWICH

• Sliced black olives
• Sliced cucumber
• Sliced onions
• Sliced tomato
• Iceberg lettuce
• Sliced capsicum
• Cabbage shredded
• Jalapeno
• Mustard sauce
• Mayonnaise
• Chilli sauce
• Tomato sauce or ketchup
• Cheese slice or grated
• Fried chicken / salami / boiled egg / panner masala fried or tikka / tikki or cutlets / boiled corn etc -You can use any of these as a main stuffing .
• Use any of the veeba dips
• Use mint chutney for Indian taste
• You can use beaten hung curd
• Salt + chaat masala or oregano and pepper to sprinkle over the raw veges

ASSEMBLING OF SUBWAY SANDWICH – Sandwich stuffing and quantity depends on your taste / choice – increase or reduce as you wish .

Slice the bread lengthwise.

You can toast the bread if you want.

Take  one side of the bread,

Layer with lettuce , carried on by other ingredients one by one .

Sprinkle salt + pepper over the veges layer .

Be generous while pouring the dips or mayo – else it will be very dry .

Sandwich it with the other side of the bread .

Serve immediately else it will become soggy .

ENJOY

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