Sunday, October 31, 2004

Not quite Quiche

I wanted to make Quiche today. Why? I have no idea. The word Quiche is from the German word Küchen, meaning cake. It is an open-faced pie or tart having an egg filling and a variety of other ingredients - pretty much anything you feel like. But I had a problem, with the only stable ingredient : eggs. We don't eat eggs. And so, it was quite an interesting problem to solve. I did try to search for Eggless Quiche recipes, but they all sounded so bland. Anyways, I did make something like a Vegetable Pie and it was Delicioussssss. My husband will vouch for that. So just in case, I need to make it another day, here is the recipe. I don't measure ingredients. Add whatever quantity I feel is right. So playing around this is what I used

A la' Indian Quiche

Thaw a readymade pie crust (frozen variety,9 inches) by keeping it at room temperature for about 20 mts. Add some butter/margarine in a pan. Once it melts, add slit green chillies (make sure they are spicy..Indian/thai variety), sliced onions(long strands), and fry till golden brown. Then add spinach. Fry for a while.
Then add any veggie you please- Broccoli, cauliflower,carrot, squash, zucchini, beans, mushrooms, etc.. After some time, add a mixture of milk + corn flour(1 tsp) + powdered pepper + salt to the veggie mix and stir. Grate some cheese (sharp cheddar) and add that too and keep mixing till it melts. Grease the thawed pie crust and fill it with this vegetable mixture.Grate some more cheese and sprinkle it on top of the pie. In a regular Quiche, we would need to add eggs on top of this. Instead, prepare a combination of milk (about 1/4 cup)+ bread crumbs(4 tsps)+ baking powder (1/2 tsp)+ bisquick (2 tsps) [regular flour might work if you don't have Bisquick] Now smear this all over the pie and place it in the oven (400 deg F) for about 45 mts.

It is yummyy..

Whew! Writing recipes is tougher than I thought.. No wonder programmers never document code.

-Subbu

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