Saturday, April 28, 2007

Pita sandwich - filling and dressing.

Prep time: 10 min.
Total Time: 30 min.

Ingredients :


1. Pita Bread.
2. For the Filling:
i. Onions - 1/2 medium sized.
ii. Tomato - 1 ripe and fresh small sized.
iii. Green, red, yellow pepper - 1/2 each.
iv. salt, pepper and lime.
3. For the dressing:
i. onions - 1 small sized. (cut finely)
ii. Tomatoes - 3 small sized. (diced)
iii. Red kidney beans - one cup. (pre-boiled)
iv. ginger - small stem.
v. Garlic - one clove.
vi. cinnamon power, cardamom.
vii. salt, paprika, cumin powder and lime.

Preperation:

1. Start with making the Dressing.
a) In a blender, put in onions, tomatoes and the red kidney beans and blend well along with some lime extract. Add at least a cup of water or more to bring it to constancy
b) Once it is evenly blended and is in a puree form, put it in a saucepan and allow it to come to boiling, then add the spices kept aside and salt, paprika to taste.
c) Once the flavor of the spices have infused into the puree, set the saucepan aside. The dressing is done.

2. For the filling.
mix the cut onions, tomatoes, and the peppers together with a tea spoon of salt and pepper.
And squeeze half a lime on top of the mix. And stir once.

3. Cut the pita bread in half and Heat the Pita bread on top of a pan. Once the Pita is soft, open the Pita, carefully (a lot of steam accumulates inside).
4. Apply some butter onto one side of the pita bread insides and cover the bottom side of the insides with a layer of the Pita dressing. Fill with the FIlling to your content and enjoy a nice snack.
:)

You can store the Filling and the dressing in your refrigerator.

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