Ingredients
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1 cup flour
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75 g butter, cold
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 1/2 tablespoons water, cold
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1 cup red lentil
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1 bay leaf
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1 onion, medium
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2 teaspoons oil
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2 eggs
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2 tablespoons tomato paste
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1 tablespoon soy sauce
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1 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon cumin
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1/2 cup cheese, tasty grated
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1 sweet potato, medium size (kumara)
Instructions
- Pastry:.
- Put flour and baking powder into a food processor fitted with metal chopping blade and pulse to combine.
- Add butter and process.
- Add water and process until dough just starts to ball.
- Remove from processor and lightly knead.
- Roll out the dough and use to line a 23cm flan dish.
- Chill while preparing the filling.
- Filling:.
- Put lentils and bay leaf into a saucepan.
- Pour in sufficient water to come 2.5cm above the lentils.
- Cook for about 20 minutes, or until soft and all the water has been absorbed.
- Remove bay leaf and set lentils aside.
- Peel and chop sweet potato (kumara) and cook in boiling salted water until tender. Drain and mash.
- Peel and finely chop the onion and saute in oil until the onion becomes clear. Remove from heat.
- Beat the eggs in a small bowl.
- Mix together the eggs, lentils and onion mixture. Add the soy sauce, tomato paste, cumin and salt.
- Spoon mixture into prepared flan dish. Smooth top surface over.
- Bake at 180 degrees C, for 45 minutes until golden and set. Sprinkle cheese over top after baking for 30 minutes.
- Serve hot or cold with salad.
- NB: You can use ready bought Short Crust Pastry.