{Ramadan Special} – Chicken & Veggie Pie from Farwin of Love and other Spices
This journey of Joy From Fasting To Feasting – VI is taking me places and I am really glad that this event is gaining much recognition and love from people all around….I am loving the way the recipes are recreated and reconstructed keeping the health factor in mind. Today our lovely guest Farwin of Love and other Spices has stepped a bit further and created a magical recipe in combo with vegetables and chicken….This pie has got everything from love to spices…If you want to make a filling Iftaar recipe or surprise your guest at Iftaar party or scratching your head what to take out for potluck…then this pie is the answer to all….Check out what Farwin has to say about her recipe….
Hello there! I’m delighted to take part in this wonderful venture of Lubna’s “Joy from fasting to feasting”, bringing to you our favorite Ramadan recipes. Thank you Lubna for inviting me to a part of this event. Ramadan is a blessed month and we partake in a lot spiritual activities. Though food should not be the center of attraction it’s used as a means of bonding with friends and family. All our favorite foods are prepared and shared with family. When I was growing up, there was freshly made snacks and porridge for iftar every day. One of our family favorite is patties. A pocket of buttery short crust dough filled with meat or fish filling and deep fried. Over the years, I changed the recipe to suit my needs. Instead of making individual patties I made it into a big pie. Baked it instead of frying. The result was a melt in your mouth buttery dough with a smooth filling inside. The pie has become my kids and husband’s favorite now. This Ramadan I’m sharing our favorite Iftar meal,the Chicken and Veggie Pie.
CHICKEN and VEGGIE PIE RECIPE:
- 1 chicken breast, cut into pieces
- 1 cup water
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 piece of cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
Boil all of the above ingredients together. When the chicken is boiled, take the stock separately, strain and keep it aside.
FILLING:
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 small tomato,chopped
- 1 carrot,chopped
- 1 small potato chopped
- 1 capsicum chopped
- Few button mushrooms chopped
- 1/4 tsp curry powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 ½ tsp cornflour
DOUGH:
- 300g flour
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 1 tsp salt
- Ice water
- For the dough; mix the flour, butter and the salt together until it’s crumbly.
- Add chilled water little by little, using your fingers to knead the dough well. When the dough is formed, wrap in cellophane and refrigerate until you make the filling.
- For the filling; heat oil in a pan and add the ginger garlic paste. Then add the chopped carrots, capsicum, potatoes, mushroom, tomatoes, curry powder, salt and pepper and sauté till the vegetables are mixed and coated with oil and spices.
- Pour the chicken stock in, cover and let it cook on medium heat till the vegetables are almost done.
- Tip in the chicken pieces,adjust seasoning and pour in the cornflour mixed with a bit of water.
- When the mixture becomes a bit thick, take off from fire and let it cool.
- Take the cooled dough, divide into two pieces, and roll each piece into a circle, an inch or two more than the size of your pie pan.
- Lay one layer of dough on the bottom of the pie pan, smooth the filling on top distributing it evenly to all sides, then lay the next layer of dough on top of the filling, pinching together the extra bit of dough on the top and bottom layers,sealing the filling inside.
- Make holes with a fork on the top layer and give it an egg wash.
- Bake in preheated oven, 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Let the pie cool, then cut into pieces.
You can find Farwin @ Blog | Facebook.Thank you Farwin for taking out time and doing this wonderful post for my readers.
Love and other Spices says
You're welcome Lubna ! It's a pleasure to have contributed to this wonderful series.
Rafeeda AR says
such an interesting recipe!!! as soon as I read the name, it did strike me because she was featured in the BBC Gulf Food ME edition of this month… 🙂 I'm bookmarking this to make this some day for sure…
Corporate to Kitchen says
Lovely recipe & love the glaze on the pie.
Ambreen (Simply Sweet 'n Savory) says
Very impressive, delicious & healthy recipe. Thanks Farwin for this great post!
Amrita Roy says
lovely guest post
Jehanne says
this looks scrumptious! I am always a sucker for a good pie like this 🙂
Sayantani says
Interesting recipe and really well made.
Hamaree Rasoi says
I had to come here after seeing the tempting pictures over Fb…lovely pie..And nice series Lubs….
Amina says
wow.. fabulous looking pie… bookmarked!