Being Puneites / Punekars, one of the memories both R and I have is that of the Hindustan bakery vegetable pattice. These were available only on Sunday, and due to high demand were usually sold out from the neighborhood bakeries by 9 am. Sunday morning breakfasts consisted of hot tea with vegetable pattice, accompanied by the Sunday morning newspapers and followed by all the Sunday morning shows on Doordarshan, well at least till the invasion of cable. I think pattice are available in Poona throughout the week now, but at that time, we used to really look forward to eating them and we still think of them on Sunday mornings.
Recently my brother in law R3 mentioned that he had a recipe for these pattice. I wanted to try the recipe immediately and I did.
1 packet of Pepperidge Farms pastry sheet (there are two pastry sheets in one packet. Each is folded into three parts. I could make around 6 decent sized pattice from one pastry sheet)
Potato Bhaji (I cooked this in the Maharashtrian style)
Kheema
Some water in a bowl
Kheema Recipe
1/4 lb Chicken Kheema
1 cup yogurt
1 tsp salt
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp red chili powder
2-3 tsps ginger - garlic paste
Mix this with some yoghurt, 1 tsp of salt, 1 tsp of turmeric and 1 tsp chili powder.
Heat some oil, add some ginger garlic paste when it is hot, fry the ginger garlic paste for a minute and then add the kheema. Add some garam masala and let it cook till there is no liquid left. Let this cool down.
Leave the pastry sheets to defrost for 40 minutes as per the instructions. On a lightly floured surface, open the pastry sheets and cut them each into three parts along the folds and then each part into half. This should leave you with 12 pastry rectangles. Preheat the oven to 400'F. While the oven is preheating, place some potato / kheema mixture a little off center on each pastry rectangle and then fold them to cover the stuffing. I made 12 pattice of potato and 12 of kheema. Place these on a baking sheet and after the oven is preheated, leave them inside for 10 minutes. I made the mistake of using aluminum foil and had trouble removing them later. A friend suggested the use of baking sheets. After 10 minutes, we had hot, straight from the oven, flaky pattice!! Thanks R3.
Recently my brother in law R3 mentioned that he had a recipe for these pattice. I wanted to try the recipe immediately and I did.
1 packet of Pepperidge Farms pastry sheet (there are two pastry sheets in one packet. Each is folded into three parts. I could make around 6 decent sized pattice from one pastry sheet)
Potato Bhaji (I cooked this in the Maharashtrian style)
Kheema
Some water in a bowl
Kheema Recipe
1/4 lb Chicken Kheema
1 cup yogurt
1 tsp salt
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp red chili powder
2-3 tsps ginger - garlic paste
Mix this with some yoghurt, 1 tsp of salt, 1 tsp of turmeric and 1 tsp chili powder.
Heat some oil, add some ginger garlic paste when it is hot, fry the ginger garlic paste for a minute and then add the kheema. Add some garam masala and let it cook till there is no liquid left. Let this cool down.
Leave the pastry sheets to defrost for 40 minutes as per the instructions. On a lightly floured surface, open the pastry sheets and cut them each into three parts along the folds and then each part into half. This should leave you with 12 pastry rectangles. Preheat the oven to 400'F. While the oven is preheating, place some potato / kheema mixture a little off center on each pastry rectangle and then fold them to cover the stuffing. I made 12 pattice of potato and 12 of kheema. Place these on a baking sheet and after the oven is preheated, leave them inside for 10 minutes. I made the mistake of using aluminum foil and had trouble removing them later. A friend suggested the use of baking sheets. After 10 minutes, we had hot, straight from the oven, flaky pattice!! Thanks R3.
Austin, pattice's are now available everyday, morning and evenings in all branches of Hindustan Bakery. They are no longer shipped out from the Hindustan Bakery headquarters but each branch now make thier own.
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Yes. You are absoutely right about Hindustan Bakery,and Veg.Pattice and high demand. HB have opened outlets throughout and their products are available all the time.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried Veg.Pattice from Santosh Bakery at Apte Road ?
I would rate it as much superior than HB's pattice.
Nice. Time for me to try our your recipes!
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