Basil Tomato Egg Sandwich

 

 I recently bought a basil plant. I fell in love with basil a year ago when I smelled it in my pasta sauce. And ever since basil is frequently used in pastas, veggies and meat I cook. The plant of mine has been growing fast to my expectations. So I try using up the leaves to make pesto or for any dishes that could give me an opportune moment to use up the basil. It's my fascination for basil that made me buy this panini with dry herbs an amazing bread found in Hyper mart in Whitefield. I am in love with this bread ever since I taste it a year ago. If I ever visit Hyper I pick up a spice plant and this bread. So this time I picked up a celery plant and  this panini with dried herbs. Now I had nothing except some tomatoes and mozarella at home, so I was fooling around in search of a third ingredient when I had this wild idea of sunny side egg. I thought of having an egg and a tomato basil cheese grilled sandwich when it occurred to me why not sandwich the egg? And that's how this humble and simple sandwich came about. I added few fresh basil leaves to complement the dried herbs panini and I must say it was a good job. Not every day do you get a choosy hubby appreciate leaves though they were herbs. Some of the purest delights come in the form of little things you had for the zing factor. So tell me what you do for your zing factor?

Ingredients for Basil Tomato Egg Sandwich

Bread- 2 slices ( I used a herbed pannini)

Egg- 1

Salt- a pinch

Pepper- a dash

Tomato- 1 sliced

Basil- 4-5 leaves

Mozarella- 25 gms

Oil- for frying egg

Mayonnaise- 1 tsp

Directions

Heat the oil to make the sunny side egg. Dont forget to sprinkle salt and pepper.

 I  made a double fried egg as in I broke the yolk and flipped the egg so it was cooked both sides.

 Slice the bread into half and apply some mayonnaise. On one side place the tomatoes, basil and cheese. On the other half of the bread lay the fried egg. 

I grilled the sandwich in a sandwich maker before cutting it into halves.If you don't like it toasted we depart at this point. But toasting would melt the cheese and that's why I like it this way.