Makes: 9-10 small pasties (snack-size) Prep time: 5-7 mins Cooking time: 10-15 mins
This is a great lunch-box addition to pack for kids’ school bag. The preparation time required for this recipe is literally 5 minutes if you have left over veggies from last night’s dinner. If you don’t have any left overs, add another 10 minutes to prepare some spiced veggies. Please see instructions for both options below:
Method A (if using leftover veggies)
Ingredients:
- 1 small bowl of left over veggies (could be any vegetable. We usually have mixed veggies or jeera aaloo sabzi (potatoes sautéed with cumin seeds) left overs.
- 2 thawed puff pastry sheets (I use vegetarian ones)
- Butter (for brushing/greasing only)
- Chives (finely chopped) or sesame seeds -optional (for garnish)
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 160°C. Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
- You may shape your pasties as you like (triangular, cylindrical, money bags, circular, etc.) and cut them accordingly. I have shaped mine into small triangles. Cut 1 pastry sheet into 4 squares. Cut each square further diagonally to form triangles—you will have eight triangles from one sheet.
- Place 1 spoon veggie mixture onto the centre of each triangle. Fold pastry over filling to form a triangle. Press pastry edges together with a fork to seal. Repeat with the remaining pastry squares.
- Place triangles on prepared trays. Brush triangles with butter. Sprinkle with sesame seeds or chives. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden and puffed. Serve. Let them cool down slightly before packing in a lunch box.
Method B (if preparing veggies from scratch)
Ingredients:
- All the above ingredients from method A, except left over veggies
Replace left over veggies in Method A with:
- 2 tsp oil
- 2 handful of veggies from frozen veggie packet (containing carrots, peas and corn)
- ¾ tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp grated ginger/garlic, ½ tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp garam masala (optional), salt to taste
Instructions:
- Heat oil, add cumin seeds. As they change colour, add ginger and veggies. Cook for a minute and add all other spices except salt. Cook covered for another two minutes. Add salt and switch off the gas. Let it cool down and follow instructions from method A from step 1.
Enjoy 🙂
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