Apple Strudel (a.k.a. Apfelstrudel) and a Curried Vegetable Strudel : Daring Baker Challenge May 2009
Do you remember the song from the Sound of Music that goes "Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens…….."?
Ingredients
Filling for the Curried Vegetable Strudel :
- 1 onion , chopped fine
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 1/2 tsps coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder (adjust to taste)
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 3 to 4 potatoes medium sized , mashed somewhat well
- 1 cup cabbage finely shredded
- 3/4 cup carrot grated
- 1/2 cup green peas
- 1 to 2 tbsps coriander leaves chopped fresh
- 1 tsp lemon juice fresh
- to taste salt
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a pan, and add the onions. Saute until they're translucent. Add the spices cook for one more minute over medium heat. Then add the potatoes, cabbage, carrot and green peas and mix well. Cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add the peas, cabbage, carrots and the salt and stir fry till they're cooked. Now add the potatoes and the chopped coriander. Mix well and turn off the heat. Add the lemon juice and the chopped coriander and mix well. Allow to cool and use in the strudel.
- Serve the Curried Vegetabke Strudel with sweet and sour tamarind and date chutney.
Notes
When the strudel came out of the oven, it was quite crisp layers of paper thin dough wrapped around a moist apple filling. Once it had cooled down a bit the outer layers lost their crispness and became a bit soft. This, I believe, is usual.Heat the oil and sauté the onions till soft. Add the turmeric, chilli, coriander, cumin and garam masala powders and sauté for a minute.
My savoury version was nice, but I think we definitely prefer our samosa filling in samosas and that strudel is best with a sweet filling. I'm not an expert here and this is just my opinion.
My first thought when I tasted the apple strudel was that it tasted like another version of apple pie. This was okay since my husband and I like apple pie, though our daughter prefers to differ in this matter.
I guess, in my imagination I had built up the apple strudel to be something very exotic and felt a bit let down, but to be honest if I wasn't comparing it to anything else this is a delicious yet light dessert. If you feel like making it richer, serve it warm with ice-cream.