This is a hmmm-what's-in-the-fridge kind of recipe.
Curried Vegetable Pasties
Pastry
1 packet ready-made shortcrust pastry or 1 quantity of homemade
1 egg, beaten (or dairy free unsweetened milk)
Filling
a splash of olive oil
½ onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
small piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
6 baby potatoes, cut into quarters
6 baby corn, cut into quarters
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
1 tsp turmeric
½ tsp chilli powder
water as required
salt & pepper
Heat the olive oil in a pan and add the onion, garlic and ginger, cook gently until the onion is translucent. Add the potatoes and carrot and cook for 5 minutes. Add the baby corn and cook for another few minutes. Add the spices and a little water. Cook the vegetables on a medium heat, until they are tender, adding water as required, a little at a time. The mixture should not be too moist. Season with salt & pepper.
Heat the oven to 190c /375f /Gas Mark 5.
Roll out the pastry until it is fairly thin. Cut circles out of the pastry, using a saucer or small bowl as a template. Put some filling on one side of the pastry, brush round the edge with egg and fold over, crimping the edges to seal.
Brush the pasties with a little beaten egg and place on a baking tray. Cook for 20 minutes or until the pasties are golden brown.
Makes 4 – 6 depending on the size of the pasties.
Although the pasties are really good while still warm, they are great cold for lunch and fabulous as picnic food.
I served this batch of pasties with some of the Hot Mango Chutney I made back in November. My mouth is watering just thinking about it :P
Whoops! I forgot the mushrooms! I added mushrooms too.
Ooh baby corn!! I love baby corn!! This looks fabulous. =)
ReplyDeleteThey were very, very good Romina!
ReplyDeleteThese look great! I made Jamaican patties once and they were great and froze really well, I may have to make a batch of these and freeze some too.
ReplyDeleteYou'd never think these were a clean-the-fridge-out food. Even better if it makes a great lunch the next day!
ReplyDeleteHi Katerina, you will be a stronger woman than me if you are able to leave any to freeze. We scoffed tham all!
ReplyDeleteHi SilvieIn principle they would, but we had two each and there was only one left for Graham the next day!
ReplyDeleteCurry wrapped in pastry sounds good! They are nice and golden brown.
ReplyDeleteOf course you added mushrooms! I'm loving this Holler. Just my kind of treat.
ReplyDeletemmm lovely looking pasties - was thinking about pasties this morning because a friend just gave me a pastry recipe that I must try - hope they look this good
ReplyDeleteI love these "fly by the seat of your pants" recipes where you use what you hve available. They do look good Holler:D
ReplyDeleteHoller, this one is so great. I love leftover recipes :-) Especially when they dont look like that...
ReplyDeleteHi Kevin, I was realy pleased with the final result :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, you are right of course, Lisa. Can you seriously imaging me making any veggie dish without considering mushrooms?nThe only time I actively do that is when Graham's brother comes to dinner. He doesn't like mushrooms, can you imagine that?
I'll look forward to seeing the final result Johanna!
Thanks Val, I was staring at that packet of pastry, whenever I opened the fridge for a few days.
Hi Zlamushka, I am glad you like them!
Ooh, tasty looking! I've only ever had pasties once, and they just had potatoes and cheese in them -- but I like the curried veg idea. Yum.
ReplyDeleteAnd this was "just" a "hmm, what's in the fridge" recipe? Pretty fancy for just a random fridge search!
Hi Tadmack, you have escaped from the packing for a while?
ReplyDeleteI usually have a selection of veg in the fridge and spices in the cupboard. However, I had bought the pastry with no clear idea of what I was going to with it.
Nice looking pasties - it's lunch time here and I'm hungry for one!
ReplyDeleteTruly delicious looking! When's dinner?
ReplyDeleteI have yet to make homemade pasties. They remind me of Italian calzones, which I adore. So I've got to give them a try. Yours looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteHi Nicisme I would pass you one if I could!
ReplyDeleteYou missed it Davimack, get on with that packing boy!
Hi Susan, The calzone has always been elusive to me. I must try one some time!
What a great idea... I'm adding it to my "recipes to try"... thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteMargot
I am glad you are going to try them Margot!
ReplyDeleteOh yum! These look great. I just made curry for dinner and I'm already looking for other curry-flavoured foods!
ReplyDeleteOh - and just I recall correctly, is this pronounced pasties with a long or short "a" sound?