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Mini Vegetable Phyllo Pastries
By Wicked Food
Delicious Phyllo pastry pies, ideal for a vegetarian meal, with a salad, as part of a buffet, or as a stunning side dish with lamb, chicken or beef. Make the pies in a small muffin pan.
Recipe creative
 
 
Vegeterian friendly

Great as a side dish



  
TIME / SERVINGS
Total Time :
1 hour and 10 minutes
Active Time:
50 minutes
Makes:
10 pies
INSTRUCTIONS
Filling
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat, add the cumin seeds and fry for 1 minute. Add the turmeric, garam masala and ground coriander, and fry for a further minute, until fragrant. Add the onion and fry until it just starts to change colour
Turn the heat up and add the courgettes and lentils and fry until the courgettes are just soft
Transfer the cooked filling mixture to a bowl and mix in the remaining ingredients, moistening slightly if necessary with the chick pea liquid. Add salt and pepper to taste
The Pies
Preheat the oven to 200°C
Cut the pastry into squares of 20cm x 20cm. Use 3 squares per pie. Place the first square onto a surface and paint with melted butter. Place the next square on top, off centre to create a star pattern, and again paint with butter. Repeat with the remainin
Place the buttered sheets into a muffin pan. Fill each with 2 tablespoon of filling and gather the edges of the sheets over the top, giving a twirl to create an interesting pattern, while at the same time closing the pie. Repeat until all the filling is u
Bake in a preheated oven for ±20 minutes, or until the phyllo pastry is golden. Remove from the oven and serve
INGREDIENTS
Filling
2 tablespoon oil
˝ teaspoon cumin seeds
˝ teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon garam masala (or curry powder)
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 large onion (finely chopped)
1 clove garlic (crushed)
2 courgettes (finely diced)
2 tablespoon brown lentils, soaked for ± 1hour and boiled for 15 minutes
˝ cup frozen peas
1 tin chick peas, drained but liquid reserved
1 cup rice (cooked)
˝ cup small seedless raisins
Salt and pepper
Pie Shell
1 packet phyllo pastry sheets
125g butter (melted)
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