Subzi Empanadas

subzi empanadas 

An empanada is a stuffed bread or pastry baked or fried in many countries in Southern Europe, Latin America, South-western United States. Here in Indian twist the stuffing make with leftover sabzi and nuts.

Ingredients

For filling

Leftover sabzi                             1 cup

Pine nuts                                   ¼ cup

For dough

Orange juice                               ¼ cup

Yeast                                        1 tsp

Yellow food colour                       2 tbsp

Refined flour                               2 cups

Oil                                            1 tsp

Refined flour                               to dust

For sauce

Mayonnaise                              ½ cup

Chilli sauce                               ¼ cup

For garnish

Rice papad                               8 – 10 nos.

Celery                                      as required

Method

To prepare filling

First chop the leftover vegetable.

Then chop pine nuts and mix it with the vegetable and remove in a bowl.

To prepare dough

Take a mixing bowl, add orange juice, water, yeast, yellow food colour and mix well.

mix all ingredients with orange juice 

Then add refined flour and knead to dough, 

add refined flour

Apply oil to the dough and knead again and rest it for 10 – 15 minutes.

dough

Now make dumplings of the prepared dough then dust refined flour over it and roll it to thin sheet.

Then with the help of ring cutter cut it into circle shape.

cut the sheet into circle shape

Wet the edges of the circle shape sheet and stuff the vegetable and pine nuts mixture in it and seal with the help of a folk.

stuff the empanadas with sabzi mixture 

Now take a baking tray and dust refined flour then place the prepared empanadas on it.

empanadas for baking 

Brush the empanadas with oil.

Then brush the empanadas with oil and bake the empanadas in microwave oven at 180 degree celsius for 10 – 12 minutes.

Once baked take out the subzi empanadas from oven and glaze them with oil.

baked empanadas

To prepare sauce

Mix mayonnaise and chilli paste in a bowl.

Decorate the plate with the prepared sauce and place the baked empanadas.

place empanadas on plate with sauce

To garnish, place celery on the rice papads and place it on empanadas and glaze with olive oil.

place rice papad with celery on empanadas