Fish Pie

Ingredients 

• ½ cup prawns (kolambi/jhinga) shelled and deveined, medium
• ½ cup squid rings
• ½ medium boneless fish cut into small pieces
• 1 five-inch short crust pie
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon garlic, chopped
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs 
• 1 medium potato boiled, peeled and cut into small pieces
• Salt to taste
• Processed cheese grated as required
• Mozzarella cheese grated as required

White Sauce

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon refined flour (maida)
• ¾ cup milk
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180ºC.
2. To make white sauce, heat 1 tablespoon butter in a non-stick pan. Add flour, mix and cook for a minute. Add milk, stir continuously and cook for a minute. Add salt, mix and cook for a minute.
3. To prepare the filling, heat butter in another non-stick pan. Add garlic and onion and saute till translucent. Add mixed dried herbs and mix well.
4. Add prawns and toss on high heat to mix. Add squid rings and potatoes, mix and cook for a minute. Add white sauce and mix well. Add fish and mix well. Add salt and some processed cheese and mix well.
5. Put the fish mixture in the pie fitted in a pie dish and level it out with a fork. Top with mozzarella and processed cheese.
6. Place the fish pie in a preheated oven and bake till the cheese has gratinated.
7. Cut into wedges and serve hot.

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