Anjali's Food Kaleidoscope

Grilled Spinach Toasts

In Goa I often had guests for dinner parties who were pure vegetarians , I mean they would'nt even eat eggs , and I would wonder what to make as starters which would not have egg as a binding agent and since these days people don't prefer even fried snacks , just added to the challenge . I had to come up with a recipe part of which I could prepare in advance and rest of the easy stuff could be done later so that my kitchen would'nt look too messy.

        I love this recipe because we can prepare the sauce much in advance and thats better as the sauce thickens to a good consistency by the time we really need to use it.

       

If you find them irresistible then go ahead and read the recipe.

    We will begin with a tablespoon of butter in a heavy bottomed pan. Turn the gas on low flame and the moment the butter begins to melt....

.....add two tablespoon of flour to it and.... 

.....stir for a minute and then...

...add just one cup of chilled milk and stir slowly to make a .....

 .....thick white sauce.

 ..add one fourth cup of thick spinach puree and stir well. Now friends , the thick spinach puree is just a few leaves of spinach in a pressure cooker, steamed by giving just a whistle without adding any water and  cooling and sqeezing  out all the water and then blending it coarsely.

Add one fourth teaspoon of black pepper powder and salt to taste ( I added about half a teaspoon ).

The sauce should look something like this.....

I had this beautiful morning sunshine coming in through my window and I placed the tray right where I could catch the most of the light. .....anyways back to the recipe......put about a teaspoonful on  a sliced french loaf and...

...place the tray on the high rack .Grill for three minutes and....

....serve hot. If you care for some cheddar too then...

  

..... you could sprinkle a dash of cheddar too before placing them under the grill and then your finished product would look something like this.