Vegetable pie
Vegetable pie recipe in the indian category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 cups plain flour (maida)
- 100 gms. chilled butter
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- Chilled water
- For filling:
- 2 cups chopped vegetables of choice (eg. potatoes, peas, beans, carrot, spinach, cauliflower…)
- 2 onions
- 1 tomato
- 2 green chillies
- 1/2″ piece ginger
- 1 tbsp. oil
- 1/2 tsp. red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp. curry masala (or garam masala)
- 1 tbsp. cream
- 1 tsp. corn flour
- Salt to taste
Recipe method:
- Sieve together flour and salt.
- Add chilled butter. Mix with fork till mixture is crumbly.
- Sprinkle chilled water over it.
- Quickly, with light hand mix the dough into a lump.
- Do not over knead.
- Chill dough for 15 mins. in a plastic bag.
- Roll dough into 4″ thick round.
- Place over a greased pie plate.
- Prick with a fork all over.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for 12 mins., or till light brown. Keep aside.
- Grate tomato, onion, ginger.
- Finely chop green chillies.
- Chope and boil other vegetables.
- Heat oil in a skillet, add the grated vegetables and chillies.
- Cook for 4-5 mins. Stirring occasionally.
- Add all other ingredients except cream.
- Cook till the water evaporates and curry is thick.
- Sprinkle a little cornflour over the crust.
- Pour and spread the filling in the shell.
- Pour cream all over.
- Bake for 8-10 mins. in pre-heated oven.
- Slice and serve warm.
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