The Paleo Recipe Book

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Indian Vegetable Recipe - Vegetable Pie

Vegetable Pie

 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 etc,  All or any)
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

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.

Filling

Grate tomato, onion, ginger.
Finely chop green chillies.
Chop 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.


Monday, October 04, 2010

Indian Snack Recipe - Rawa Dosa

Crispy Rawa Dosa


Ingredients :


rawa 500g
rice 500g
salt to taste
cumin seeds 1 tsp
curry leaves
onion 1 big
green chillies 2nos
sunflower oil


Method :


Mix rawa and rice and grind finely in the machine.
Whenever dosa is required, mix 2 cups of rawa rice mixture.
Add 1 table spoon of cumin seeds, little salt and water 
(note: water is added such that a liquid mixture is formed so as to make dosa).
Coarsely grind onion, green chillies and add to the batter.
Finely added curry leaves and make dosa in the pan with sunflower oil.
Keep in the pan till it gets roasted.


Source : food.sify.com