Showing posts with label spices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spices. Show all posts

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Spiced Indian Pies

This is one of my favourites and you can have a bit of fun with the spices as well. It's one of those simple dishes that are easy, no fuss and they are delicious hot or cold.


























You will need:
- A good handful of diced zucchini, pumpkin, sweet potato, cherry tomatoes and fennel (or any of you favourite vegetables, like eggplant etc)
- Short crust pastry (1 sheet will make 4 small-med tarts)
- Olive oil
- Garlic cloves (up to you how many)
- Milk
- 6 curry leaves (fresh are best, but dried work fine)
- Paprika/cayenne pepper


Spice mix:
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
- chilli flakes
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 tsp garam marsala


For yoghurt mix:
- Natural yoghurt
- A good squeeze of lemon juice
- Cucumber, finely chopped

How to create:
- Defrost pastry sheet(s)
- Combine all vegetables in a bowl, drizzle with oil
- Put spice mix in a mortar and pestle and crush together
- Sprinkle the spice mix over veggies and stir to coat them all, add the curry leaves
- Place on a baking tray and bake for about 40 mins, or until cooked through 
- Cut the pastry into quarters and put a good spoonful of the veggie mixture into the
centre, twist the sides in a clockwise format to create a case around the veggies
- Brush the edges of the pastry with milk and sprinkle with paprika or cayenne pepper
- Bake at 180 for about 15-20 mins or until the pastry is cooked and golden
- For the yoghurt mixture, combine all ingredients in a bowl


Serve these delicious pies with a dollop of the yoghurt mixture and a nice fresh salad.


All I can say to that, is YUM!!