Recipe- Spinach And Cheese Sandwich

Quick and easy to make delicious spinach sandwich recipe with white sauce and cheese. This spinach sandwich will be an excellent addition to toddlers and kids tiffin/snack list, comes together very quickly, no fancy ingredients, filling and healthy.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups tightly packed spinach leaves
2 tablespoons butter + more for toasting the sandwich
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon maida/ plain flour
Pepper powder salt and chili flakes to taste
1/2 cup grated cheese
6 bread slices

Method

- Let us begin spinach and cheese sandwich by blanching the spinach. Bring a pot full of water to rolling boil. Add thoroughly washed spinach leaves along with 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Boil for about 5-7 minutes, drain and pat dry gently. Chop the spinach leaves finely and set aside.

- Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a pan. Allow it brown a bit. Add 1 teaspoon maida/flour and roast well.

- Add 3/4 cup milk and stir well in low flame. Make sure the flour does not form lumps. You can do this by switching the flame off too to avoid lump formation.

- Allow the sauce to thicken, cook in low flame for -8 minutes.

- Add chopped spinach leaves and mix well. Add salt, pepper powder and chili flakes.

- Switch off the flame, add grated cheese and mix well. The filling for spinach and cheese sandwich is ready. Divide into 3 equal portions.

- Take 6 sandwich bread slices. Apply butter on 3 slices. Place the prepared filling in buttered slices and close with the remaining slices.

- Heat a rill pan or tava. Place a prepared sandwich and toast/grill from both sides until the sandwich turns as crispy as desired. You can use butter for toasting.

- Grill the remaining 2 sandwich in the same way. Serve spinach and cheese sandwich hot.