COURGETTE AND CHICK PEA FILO PIE
 NIGELLA
Photograph by Petrina Tinslay
INGREDIENTS

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 small onion or 1/2 a large onion, finely diced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon ground coriander
3 plump courgettes
125g basmati rice
500ml vegetable stock, or chicken if you prefer
2 x 425g can of chick peas, drained
100g melted butter
200g filo pastry
22cm Springform tin
Serving Size : Serves 6–8
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METHOD

1.Preheat the oven to 200ºC/gas mark 6 and put in a baking sheet.
2.Gently fry the cumin seeds and onion in the olive oil until the onion’s soft. Add the turmeric and coriander. Dice the courgettes (unpeeled), add them to the onion mixture, and cook on a fairly high heat to prevent the courgettes becoming watery. When they are soft but still holding their shape, add the rice and stir well, letting the rice become well coated in the oil. Add the stock 100ml at a time, stirring while you do so. When all the liquid has been absorbed the rice should be cooked, so take it off the heat, stir in the chick peas and check the seasoning.
3.Brush the insides of the Springform tin with some of the melted butter. Line the bottom and sides of the tin with 3/4 of the filo, buttering each piece as you layer. Leave a little filo overlapping the sides, and keep 3–4 layers for the top. Carefully put in your slightly cooled filling, and then fold in the overlaps. Butter the last layers of filo and scrunch on top of the pie as a covering. Brush with a final coat of butter, and put in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the filo is golden and the middle hot. Check this by inserting a slim, sharp-bladed knife (or cake-tester). If, when you remove it, it feels hot when you press it against your wrist, the pie’s ready.



REVIEWS

Just made this for lunch. It's very good. I like these sorts of recipes because I can take slices with me to work for a yummy lunch. I suspect it would also be possible to try other ingredients in the recipe.

Quaver

Very nice! I've used some other kind of rice-dont know which(I think pilaf or something) - still came out great. My 2.5 year old loved it tooooooo!!!!

JenT

Lovely. Mild flavours. Family scoffed it. Great hearty vegetarian dish.

Angeldrawers
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