Spicy Potato and Lentil Pie

This is the second time I have posted this, Blogger must have really approved of my pie and eaten it! Anyway, Second time lucky!

I made my first ever pie for this weekends for food group/

Pastry from scratch....for the first time ever.

The ingredients are (per pie)

Pastry

1 cup wholemeal flour

1 cup rolled oats

125g Butter

salt

approx 1/2 cup water

Filling

1-2 onions

2 cloves garlic

3-4 potatoes

1-2 sweet potatoes

150g (ish) green lentils

vege stock

2tsp tumeric

2tsp cumin

2tsp garam masala

1 can tomoatoes

1tbsp tomato paste

And here's how it all went

Entertaining the 4month old who unexpectedly woke up in

filling making, in the toddlers high chair, with the forbidden apple

Fry onion, garlic and spices

chop potatoes and cover with vege stock (in future I would probably cut them slightly smaller, This is a 11L pot with 4 x the recipe

Add tomatoes and tomato paste, boil for 10-15 mins

Add onions and spices

Boil until the potatoes are slightly softening. Add lentils and simmer(I left the mixture for 6 hours to cool and the lentils soak up all the liquid)

Then it looked like this

We got making the pastry

Rub the butter into the flour, oats and salt

Add water as required to make a dough and rest for at least 30 mins

Roll out the pastry

Remember- this is my first pastry, first rolling experience...teach yourself cooking... Note the rustic shapes!

Add cooled filling

Top, squish the sides together, I used a fork to make that 'pretty-ish' pattern around the sides. And personalisation, this is a V for Village, the rest had smily faces :)

Bake for 50 mins on 180-200C (The one that has already been tasted was cooked for the whole time, the others taken out with 10 mins left so people can heat them in the oven for 20 or so mins and brown them off.

ENJOY!
All comments, suggestions etc welcome. Its all a fun learning experience