Day 36 continued......

Vegan Jamaican Patties!

A little tinkering with my original Caribbean beef patty recipe resulted in a  delicious, whole wheat, Curried Cabbage Stuffed Patty! Baked or Fried, they were fantastic!

For the Dough:

3 cups Organic whole-wheat flour
2 tbsp olive oil
 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Mix the ingredients and rub the oil into the flour with your hands to get a coarse, grainy texture. Using just enough water, knead into a soft, smooth, pliable dough.

Set aside to rest for 30 minutes. Divide dough into 8 and shape into balls.

For the Filling:

1/2 head small green cabbage, shredded and chopped

3 carrots, shredded and chopped

1 cup water

1/2 red onion, finely diced

2 cloves garlic, mashed

1 habanero pepper, finely diced

1 Tbsp Jamaican Curry powder

1 tsp. Cumin seeds

1 tsp. asoefetida

1 tsp. Sugar

salt and pepper to taste

Fry the onion and garlic with a little oil, until onions are translucent, don't let garlic burn, add habanero and stir fry with the curry, cumin, sugar and asoefetida

add carrots and cabbage and 1/4 cup of the water. Cook on medium heat, until water has evaporated and add 1/4 cup more, continue to cook down like this until all the water is absorbed and cabbage and carrots are soft. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper as neccesary. Cool before filling the dough.

Roll out each dough piece to a 5-6" round, place filling in the center and brush edges with water and seal. Fill all 8. and  either bake of fry till done.

* You can also fill the dough with a spoon full of filling and seal, then roll out roti style, and cook over a hot griddle.