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Passport & Plate - Curried Carrot Feta Slice

Australia | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | 5 photos

Ingredients
4 cups of fresh grated carrot
1 ½ cups of favourite firm diced feta
8 eggs
1 ½ large sliced onion
½ cup of self raising flour
3 Tablespoons of your favorite curry powder
½ cup of tomato chutney
2 Tablespoons of Ghee
3 pieces of Lavash or flat bread
1/2 cup of best tasty shredded cheese
Your favorite toppings to serve

 

How to prepare this recipe
Method
1. Fry the sliced onion and curry leaves in the ghee until lightly browned, add the curry powder and fry lightly for 1 more minute.
2. Add the chutney to the onion curry mix and fry for 1 more minute and set aside.
3. Heat the oven to 180 C
4. In a lasagna baking tray ( or similar) line it with baking paper and lay the lavash bread in as the base lining for the slice
5. In a large bowl place the grated carrot, eggs, self raising flour and the cooled curry onion chutney mix
6. Mix together with a wooden spoon making sure not to over mix and pour into the prepared baking dish
7. Even out the mixture with the wooden spoon and sprinkle with the shredded tasty cheese
8 . Bake for 40 minutes checking at the 30 minutes press in the middle to see if it bounces back and is cooked
9. You can eat this straight away with a fresh garden salad and homemade tomato chutney
OR
1.Cut a portion poach an egg to go on top with a drizzle of homemade pesto
2. Let the slice cool once cool it can be eaten cold with a swirl of smoked salmon, sourcream and onion jam
3. Cut the slice into bite size pieces and decorate with hommous, tapanade, pesto, chutneys to make colourful tasty hor deurves
4. My family favourite heat a portion as the base and serve with chicken curry op top and yoghurt, mint and cucumber on the side
5. Cold in a lunchbox or picnic
6. There are many more ways to eat it it just needs your imagination

 

The story behind this recipe
In 1992 as a young mother of twin girls I started a business called the Zuchii Bar a health food cafe and catering . In the cafe many dishes were created , there was always a demand for innovative vegetarian dishes. The Curried Carrot Feta Slice was made one day and quickly became a hit. The slice looked fabulous in the cold cabinet , it could be displayed with interesting toppings, it tasted great cold, it tasted great hot. it is a versatile recipe that introduces people who are scared of spices to the delights of their flavours. It lets people put their own individual spin into the recipe with their choice of curry powder, it could be a Goan spice mix, it could be Sri Lankan, it could be an old favourite Bolsts curry mix , it could be hot and spicy or mild tumericy and colorful or your own personal blend..
This dish was so popular that portions, trays and catering to functions was provided with this simple dish. Many past clients have asked for the recipe but it had never actually been written down. Recently in 2013 my 14 year old other daughter was doing the Kokoda Trail on the Gold Coast 96 kms though the hinterland and I was waiting at a checkpoint for her to come through and feed and water her, a former client form the Zuchii Bar who I had not seen for years walked off the trail in a daze , walked up to me and said Curried Carrot Feta Slice I want some now !