What's extra comforting than a curry in pie type? This one-pot paneer pie is crammed with a makhani-style filling and topped with a crisp puff pastry lid

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:25 minutes
  • Cook dinner:1 hr and 30 minutes
  • plus cooling
• Extra effort
• Serves 6

• Freezable (filling solely)
• Vegetarian

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Substances

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 440g paneer, lower into 2cm cubes
• 4 tbsp ghee or butter
• 2 massive onions, finely sliced
• 2 massive garlic cloves, crushed
• thumb-sized piece of ginger, finely grated
• ½ tsp scorching chilli powder
• 2 tsp floor cumin
• 2 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 1½ tbsp garam masala
• 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• 300g potato, peeled and lower into 2cm cubes
• 150g spinach
• 150g frozen peas
• 100ml double cream
• 2 tbsp cashew nut butter
• plain flour, for dusting
• 320g sheet all-butter puff pastry
• 2 massive eggs, 1 entire, 1 yolk solely, frivolously overwhelmed collectively (freeze the leftover egg white for one more recipe)
• 2 tsp nigella seeds
• pilau rice or inexperienced veg, to serve

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Technique

• STEP 1

  Warmth the oil over a medium warmth in a shallow flameproof casserole dish roughly 30cm broad. Add the paneer and fry for five minutes, turning with tongs till both sides is golden. Take away from the pan and put aside on a plate lined with kitchen paper.

• STEP 2

  Warmth the ghee or butter in the identical dish over a medium-low warmth, then add the onions and a giant pinch of salt. Fry for 15 minutes, or till softened and caramelised. Stir within the garlic and ginger, cook dinner for 1 min, then tip within the spices and fry for an additional 2 minutes. Scrape the spiced onions right into a meals processor or blender together with the tomatoes and blitz till clean. Pour again into the pan with 1½ cans of water, then stir by means of the sugar and potatoes. Deliver to the boil, decrease to a simmer, then cowl and cook dinner, stirring often, for 20-25 minutes or till the potato is simply tender.

• STEP 3

  Add the spinach and peas, and cook dinner for five minutes. Stir within the cream and cashew butter, then return the paneer to the pan and season to style. Take away from the warmth and put aside to chill utterly.

• STEP 4

  Warmth the oven to 220C/200C fan/fuel 8. On a frivolously floured floor, roll the pastry out to simply greater than your casserole dish. Reduce a skinny strip off both sides and repair these across the fringe of the casserole. Roll the pastry sheet excessive and press the sides with a fork to seal, and tuck in any overhang. Brush with the egg, sprinkle with the nigella seeds and bake for 30-35 minutes or till deep golden brown. Go away to relaxation for 15 minutes earlier than serving with pilau rice or inexperienced veg.