Soya Mince Pies

One of those dry days, when my head is empty! 🙂 The day has started beautifully, with a mild sun, clouds splashed on the sky and the sky reflecting a beautiful tinge of blue. The breeze has been so lovely that there is no need to have the air conditioner on in the car now. All I do is to lower down my windows completely and enjoy the breeze as it slowly brushes by my face, till some damn smoker destroys the fun from the car in the front! No offence meant to smokers in any way, but then sometimes I really wish they would stop considering the air as their private property which can be made filthy whenever they want! I am sure many drivers who love to enjoy this kind of a weather would completely agree with me. The forecast for the day seems to thunderstorm in certain parts of the country, however looking out at the moment, it does not seem any way close by! But then, nature is funny, isn’t it? It has its own ways of attacking when you are least expecting it to. 🙂

Off to today’s recipe, ever since Gayathri had declared “mince pies” as the challenge for the Eggless Baking, I guess it was in July or August, I have been wanted to make it though I could not be on time to complete the challenge due to Ramadan. But then I had already put it into my mind that I would make it once for sure. Even though I would have gone for a non-vegetarian version, I did not do it for this as I had to finish my stock of soya in my pantry. But next time, I am definitely going to try these with a chicken filling! I must say the crust was soft and flaky and with a generous dose of chilli sauce, the pie tasted awesome! A special mention to a blogger friend who is a fellow UAEite, Farwin, whose recipe I referred to for making the pie crust and helped me with all dumb questions that I had. 🙂