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Protein Packed Chutney Grilled Cheese
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Protein Packed Chutney Grilled Cheese

Mix of tofu and cottage cheese, flavored with spicy garlicky spices along with fresh crunchy veggies, packed between cheesy chutney bread to make protein packed grilled cheese
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Servings: 4 sanwiches

Ingredients

Flavoring Shredded Tofu for Filling

  • 6 oz Extra Firm Tofu, drained, pat dry and chredded I prefer Big mountain soy free tofu, can be sub with same amount of paneer
  • 2 tsp Chaat Masala
  • 1 tsp Black Salt
  • ¼ tsp Garam Masala
  • ½ tsp Cumin Powder
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder

Rest of the ingredients for filling

  • ⅓ cup Finely chopped red onion
  • ⅓ cup Finely chopped green pepper
  • ½ Finely chopped jalapeno
  • ⅓ cup Finely chopped cilantro
  • ⅓ cup Finely chopped scallions
  • 1 tsp Thecha chutney or simply use Trader Joes Italian bomba sauce
  • ½ cup Cottage cheese can be sub with half amount of mayo

Other Ingredients

  • 8 slices Choice of bread I prefer sourdough or french loaf
  • 16 slices Thin Pepperjack Cheese, slices
  • ½ cup Cilantro Mint Chutney (recipe is on my blog) or simply use Trader Joe's zhoug sauce
  • 4 tbsp Butter
  • 4 tbsp Cream Cheese

Instructions

  • Drain and pat dry tofu to remove as much water as possible. Once done, shred it and place it in a non skillet with cooking spray oil and spices listed under "Flavoring Shredded Tofu for Filling". Mix well and cook on medium heat to 3-4 minutes or until some moisture evaporates. Once done, let it cool down a little.
  • Mix everything listed under "Rest of the ingredients for filling" along with shredded flavorful tofu.
  • Spread all 8 slices of bread with cream cheese. Then spread all those 8 slices with cilantro mint green chutney (or trader joes zhoug sauce).
  • Place sliced/shredded pepperjack cheese on top of chutney layer on all 8 slices. Then top 4 of them with the filling. Top the filling layer with more pepperjack cheese. Then place other 4 slices of bread with chutney/cream cheese side facing the cheese and filling.
  • Make sure outside of all bead slices have butter before you start grilling. Place stacked sandwich either in panini maker or on a cast iron skillet. Grill it to desired crispiness.
  • Simply serve it with creamy dreamy tomato soup.