Vegetable sandwiches could include vegetarian or vegan sandwiches, as well as those that aren’t vegan or vegetarian, if the cheese, bacon, egg, tuna, etc is a component, or optional.
Tunisian Tuna and Tunisian caisse -croûte come to mind for tuna sandwiches that are as much a vegetable sandwich as a tuna and egg sandwich
One of our executives at my company loves cucumber sandwiches, but I’ve always found them bland. I’ve never tried her version, so I don’t know what she does differently - if at all - from the others.
Would you count a roasted vegetable fajita or burrito a sandwich? Already starting a what’s a sandwich debate! Regardless, I do think the combination of those roasted vegetables - onions, peppers, amongst other things with or without a flavored rice component is pretty tasty. Maybe doesn’t work with a traditional bready sandwich, but would make a nice wrap. I’ve had some with roasted peppers, squash and eggplant and they’ve always been tasty.
Roasted sweet potato wedges, black beans, lettuce, whole milk yogurt, and Scotch bonnet sauce in a whole wheat handmade tortilla. Not bad for repurposed leftovers!
Delicious, but very small. The place didn’t last and I haven’t seen it anywhere else.
I like the vegetarian variety of Bun Kababs
Never have had one with a meat patty.
This one was at a mithai shop during Ramadan. They let the kitchen staff (not Muslim) make it for me but said I couldn’t stay to eat it, so I ate it in the car. Very good substitute for a burger on a sweltering day.
I love simple vegetarian sandwiches like tea / finger sandwiches — not overloaded, and soft bread.
Favorites include a simple (green) chutney sandwich (buttered bread) and potato sandwich (boiled potato mashed with finely minced onion, green chilli, and cilantro, also buttered bread).
For a Bombay sandwich, I skip several of the typical layers (beetroot, tomato, cucumber) and focus on the ones I like (thinly sliced boiled potato, shavings of red onion, plus green chutney and chat masala, on buttered white bread).
The problem with bun kababs is the bread — big fan of shami kabab sandwiches, but the quintessential Pao is missing (as with most vada pao outside Mumbai.
Swap the bun for ciabatta and it’s a much better sandwich!
My two favorite Middle Eastern sandwiches!! - Sabich and Le Fricasse Tunisien!! (Yeah, shawarma - meh).
First discovered the fricasse while reading about Tunisian cuisine (because - CUISINE). Immediately wanted to book a flight. It was discussed as street food in Tunis, on a fried, palm-sized bun. It’s pretty hard to get all those ingredients into a bun that sized, I can assure you. Several of the kosher restaurants have a version on their breakfast menus but I just don’t get out for breakfast.
Sabich I discovered as I was exploring said kosher restaurants near me, first as just a plate, which wowed me, then on a baguette and laffa. Awesome ingredients in that sandwich.
This one is from a place with a Libyan chef. I had had a large plate of falafel with hummus when they brought this out and I had to take most of it home and finish it the next day. It reminded me of a muffaletta both because of the size and shape and also because it was much better after the ingredients had a chance to come together and the juices had seeped into their very sturdy pitas and softened them up a bit. It did have a shortage of eggplant, though.
Went looking, online, for Vada Pav yesterday. One place is gone (will miss their Raj Kachori), another is now using hamburger buns, or so it looks. I know that was not true before, but it’s been 7 years or more since I had been to either.
Hope you will post pictures of your findings. I saw another example online yesterday of a very different Bombay Sandwich than the one I posted. I had never explored them beyond that one example.
there was a local sandwich shop that did a good cucumber sandwich. they’re now closed but i still make it myself.
salted, pressed cucumber
dill aoli
havarti
scant tomato
scant red onion (my addition; don’t think it was used in the original. but i love onion)
hearty bread
Houston, far southwest side. Officially identified as The International District - 2 Turkish institutions, a Philipino community center, a huge West African import/grocery store and many small places, plus a Middle Eastern center that dates way back. A Gujarati Samaj is about a mile and a half away; India House is closer. Both have cricket pitches but no snack bars that I know of!
This was the first vada pav I had, more than 15 years ago. 2 for $3.99; sliders. Bansuri Indian Food Corner was the truck. They moved farther out but came back closer before the pandemic. Not sure what their status is now.
Noted this pic in my collection from Bansuri - Dabeli plus Sev Puri. I had forgotten all about Dabeli.
Already starting a what’s a sandwich debate! Regardless, I do think the combination of those roasted vegetables - onions, peppers, amongst other things with or without a flavored rice component is pretty tasty. Maybe doesn’t work with a traditional bready sandwich, but would make a nice wrap. I’ve had some with roasted peppers, squash and eggplant and they’ve always been tasty.
Not bad for repurposed leftovers!
