Monday, 28 November 2011

Vegetable Quiche

This is tunu`s recipe 
Ingredients for dough :
All purpose flour or maida - 500 gms ,
Butter - 4 tbsp ,
Milk - 1/2 cup ,
Salt and pepper to taste .
Ingredients for filling :
Cottage cheese or paneer - 200 gms ( small cubes ),
Spinach - 100 gms ( blanched and chopped ),
Green bell pepper - 1 ( chopped ),
Salt ans pepper to taste ,
Olive oil - 1tsp ,
Ingredients for topping :
Egg -2 ( beaten ),
Cream - 200 gm ,
Cheese - 50 gm ( grated ,keep 1 tbsp of cheese aside ),
 Pepper 1/4 tsp.
Method :
Sieve flour in a bowl and add salt and pepper .Pour the melted butter and mix .Make dough by adding milk to the flour .Cover and keep aside .
Heat a pan add 1 tsp of oil .Saute bell pepper ,paneer cubes and spinach in high heat for 1/2 minute .Sprinkle salt and pepper and keep aside .
Take a bowl and brake 2 eggs in it .beat for 1/2 second .then add cream and cheese . Keep aside 1 tbsp of cheese to sprinkle on top .Mix the cream egg mixture gently with a spoon .Add pepper to it .
Pre heat oven to 180 C .
Grease the baking pie dish.
Take the prepared dough and roll it on your work station .
My pie dish size is 8x8 .
Roll the dough 2 inches bigger than your pie dish .
Place the rolled dough on your pie dish and press the edges with the tip of your finger .
Cut out extra dough if hanging .
With a fork make pricks on the dough surface .
Spoon the paneer spinach mixture in the pie dish and top it with the cream egg mixture .
Sprinkle fresh pepper and some grated cheese on top.
Transfer the dish to the oven and let it bake for 45 minutes or till a brown crust forms on top .
When ready take out and leave it to cool for 5 minutes on wire rack .
Cut into pieces and serve while still hot .

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