Sabich or Sabih is a traditional Mizrahi Jewish sandwich popular in Israel, which consists of pita bread stuffed with fried eggplant and hard-boiled eggs along with Salad and other condiments.
Apart from Pita bread, Laffa bread is also popularly used. Sabich is an Israeli Sandwich made with the Laffa Bread with different fillings like fried aubergines, potato, and eggs that were cooked all through the night along with salad, tahini, and amba, which is a pickled mango condiment. I redid my Laffa bread just to make this sandwich again. I wish I had known it earlier I could've saved time.
Since I was looking for a vegetarian version of the Sabich, I adapted from the chefzahi recipe, which called delicious sauces of tahini and amba, which I replaced with Indian Mango pickle as suggested by the author.
Jews are known for their cooking dishes all night. While the European Jews have the Cholent, a heavy casserole cooked with beans overnight, the Yemenite Jews have the Jachnun, a fatty dough roll baked slowly for many hours and The Iraqi Jews have their breakfast the Sabich. This is as per their ancient tradition of keeping the Shabbat where one is not allowed to light a flame. So the observing Jews slow cook their meal before the Shabbat began, to have a warm meal the next day.
The recipe I referred to was a vegan version where smoked Tofu was used since I am not a big fan of Tofu, I replaced with Paneer/Cottage Cheese. I used Laffa Bread with roasted potato slices, grilled Paneer. The other thing is Hummus is not added to the wrap, rather served on the side along with a salad.
To get the flavours that were mentioned in the recipe, I had raw onions, tomatoes along with the other condiments suggested.
So this delicious Sabich wrap is my choice for S in the A to Z International Street Foods. If you are interested to know the Flatbread for S, check this post.
In this A to Z International Street Foods:
A for Arancini
B for Bunny Chow
C for Chatamari
D for Dürüm
E for Empanada
F for Fataa’ir Farmaajo
G for Gilgeori Toast
H for Hua Juan Bao
I for Imqarrun il-Forn
J for Jasuben's Pizza
K for Khachapuri
L for Lángos
M for Mofo Anana
N for Nachos Supreme
O for Okonomiyaki
P for Panelle
Q for Qamdi
R for Rustico
Step by Step Pictures for making Sabich
Sabich ~ The Ultimate Israeli Sandwich
2 Laffa Bread
1 small Brinjal / Aubergine, cut into quarters
100 g Paneer / Cottage Cheese sliced
2 medium Potatoes
Coriander Leaves as required
Lettuce as required
Tomatoes Diced as required
Onions sliced as required
Tahini as required
Mango Pickle as required
2 tsp Cooking Oil
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Kala Namak
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
For the Fillings
Slice the potatoes, Paneer and Brinjal, and grill a nonstick pan with just enough oil, till it becomes well grilled or roasted. Sprinkle salt and red chilli powder. Keep it aside.
Once you make the laffa bread, lay it flat, apply Tahini sauce, apply a little of mango pickle.
Over this place the lettuce leaf, all the grilled fillings,
Place the onions, tomatoes over the roasted fillings.
Sprinkle Kala Namak and coriander leaves and fold the wrap and serve
[Recipe]
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Recipe
Sabich ~ The Ultimate Israeli Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 Laffa Bread
- 1 small Brinjal / Aubergine, cut into quarters
- 100 gms Paneer / Cottage Cheese sliced
- 2 medium Potatoes
- Coriander leaves as required
- Lettuce as required
- Tomatoes Diced as required
- Onions sliced as required
- Tahini as required
- Mango Pickle as required
- 2 tsp Cooking Oil
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to Taste
- Kala Namak
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder
Instructions
- Slice the potatoes, Paneer and Brinjal, and grill a nonstick pan with just enough oil, till it becomes well grilled or roasted. Sprinkle salt and red chilli powder. Keep it aside.
- Once you make the laffa bread, lay it flat, apply Tahini sauce, apply a little of mango pickle.
- Over this place the lettuce leaf, all the grilled fillings,
- Place the onions, tomatoes over the roasted fillings.
- Sprinkle Kala Namak and coriander leaves and fold the wrap and serve
vaishalisabnani says
That sure is a colourful and attractive wrap ! I like the way you substitute your fillings and toppings . This way you get around making international food to suit your tastebuds. Good take on this bread .
Sandhiya says
Perfect sandwich and love the veggies and sauce used in it. And also it's interesting to know about the slow cooking process of Jews. Very informative .
Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner says
Aloo and Paneer must have gone very well together.. love this idea of slow cooking for perfect blend of flavours..
Harini says
Wow! the combination of these vegetables is amazing. Very colorful and filling as well.
srividhya says
Fried potatoe and eggplant as a fillinga? both are my favorite and I just can't say no to these and oh yeah paneer too. This colorful and yummylicious wrap. Great find Valli.
Priya Suresh says
Interesting sandwich, am sure the filling sounds absolutely fabulous and my cheese loving potato lovers aka my family will definitely enjoy this Israeli sandwich without any complaint. Eggplants addition sounds interesting.
Gayathri Kumar says
Roasted potatoes and paneer are such a classical combination and as a filling for the bread, they must be amazing. Great find Valli..
Pavani says
I've tried Sabich sandwich a while back and still think about it because it was one of the best sandwich I've ever made. You are tempting me to make it again some time very very soon.
mayurisjikoni says
I'd love to have to this sandwich on my table, its full of healthy veggies and I too would replace the tofu with paneer. Awesome share for S.
manjulabharathkumar2016 says
Valli hats off to your efforts on bring some amazing recipes and enlightening us with these amazing flatbreads around the world !! As am in my middle of R&D for flatbread I can say It is not a easy task !! this is such an amazing sandwich and looks fantastic , I love the topping !!
Sapna says
No wonders this is called ultimate sandwich, aubergine, one and all the other ingredients makes it a very tasty and nutritious sandwich.
Suma Gandlur says
The title seems to be apt considering that sandwich wrap looks very inviting.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
What a great layer of flavors the sabich have and I love each and every vegetable used here. This would make up for such a filling meal
Simply Tadka says
Wrap looks so tempting, healthy and colorful... Perfect option with S...
Priya Srinivasan says
Wow valli, it is so nice to read about traditions! The bread looks delish! I love the way the toppings are grilled and use of mango pickle is superb! Can imagine the spicy, smoky flavors together ????
Padmajha PJ says
Wow! This is the ultimate sandwich! We are huge fans of eggplant and potato and that with paneer I can already iagine how nice it would taste! Mango pickle must have made it all the more tastier! And you have done quite a research on Jewish cooking!