Shepherd’s Pie
Shepherd’s pie is a very delicious savory baked dish. It is a one pot meal, ideal for dinner and parties. It can be served as a side dish in a party and as a main dish in a family for light dinner.
Shepherd’s Pie
Shepherd's Pie is a very delicious savory baked dish that is loved by people from all ages. It is a novel dish that is super easy to make. So let's get started !
Equipment
- baking tray
Ingredients
The vegetable layer
- 4 cups chopped mix vegetables – french beans, carrot, peas, sweet corn, khojat/zucchini, any available vegetable from the list
- 1 big size onion
- 5 cloves garlic
- 2 pieces green chillies
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp salt (adjust quantity as per your taste)
The potato layer
- 3 big potatoes
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
white sauce
- 2 tbsp melted ghee/butter
- 2 tbsp maida (also called white flour/ cake flour / refined wheat flour)
- 2 cups milk
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Toppings
- ½ tomato sliced
- ½ capcicum sliced
- 1 cup grated cheese
Instructions
Vegetable layer
- Chop onion and garlic finely. Chop the other vegetables finely too.
- Heat oil in a pan. Fry Onion and garlic, till onions are translucent.
- Add all the vegetables, salt and chilli powder. Combine well, cover and cook on low heat
- Cook till they are tender (almost Cooked like about 80%, but not fully cooked). Add chopped chillies and remove from heat.
Mashed potato layer
- Boil potatoes in salty water. Peel, mash, add mayonnaise,
- combine and keep aside.
White sauce
- Heat ghee, add maida and roast on low heat till maida changes its colour, feels lighter and leaves nice aroma.
- Add milk at this point while continuously mixing with a whisker to avoid the formation of lumps. Bring it to a boil.
- When the mixture starts thickening, remove it from heat. Add salt, sugar and black pepper. Mix.
To assemble
- Divide the vegetables, the white sauce and the mashed potatoes into 2 portions. Lay in the baking tray, one portion vegetables.
- Pour and spread the white sauce.
- Drop some mashed potatoes all over the dish.
- Make a thin layer of cheese over it.
- Repeat the same order for the second layer. Top it up with tomato slices and capsicum rings.
Baking and Serving
- Preheat the oven at 170c on a grill mode. Place the dish on the top most rack and bake for 7-19 min or till the cheese melts and gets the brown spots.
- Serve hot with tomato ketchup and chilli sauce.
Notes
- You may do only one layer of each, instead of two. However, it tastes better with two layers.
- This dish does not need as much cheese as is needed for pizza. Little goes a long way.
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