Garlic Bread Exotica

Ingredients

• 12-15 slices of Baguette or regular bread or roundels
• 1/2 cup colored bell peppers,chopped(I used only green colored one)
• 4 tbsp onions,chopped
• 3 tbsp tomato,seeded and chopped
• 3 tbsp fresh/frozen corn kernels
• 1 baby corn,sliced into rounds(optional)
• 2 green chili's,finely chopped(for Indian touch,optional if making for kids)
• 5-6 tbsp grated mozzarella cheese(I used a mix of mozzarella and cheddar)
• 1 tsp red chili flakes or coarsely ground pepper
• salt to taste

For Garlic spread:

• 3 tbsp butter,at room temperature
• 6-8 garlic pods,very finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp mixed Italian herbs
• 1 tsp chopped fresh basil(optional)

Method

1. Mix butter with the finely chopped or minced garlic pods,Italian herbs and chopped fresh basil and keep it aside.
2. If you are using baguette cut it into thick 1" size slices diagonally and if you are using regular bread you can cut into rounds by using a big cookie cutter or just cut the edges and keep them as they are or cut into triangles.
3. Mix all the chopped vegetables peppers,tomato,corn,onions and green chillies in a bowl and keep it aside.
4. Take each roundel or triangle of bread and apply garlic spread and put one 2 tsp of mixed vegetables over it and sprinkle salt and red chilli flakes and top it with 2tsp of cheese(add according to your choice).
5. Arrange a baking sheet or aluminum foil over the baking tray and place all the bread and put it in pre heated oven at 160 degrees and broil it for 2-3 mins until the edges of bread are slight crisp and the cheese starts melting.
6. Remove it and sprinkle some more pepper flakes and serve them hot with tomato ketchup.