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Plum's the word!

Neetha Bhoopalam, a city-based baker, lets us in on her signature pie recipe.

Preparing the Crust
Maida – 1 cup
Corn flour – 1 1/4 tbsp
Baking powder -1/4 tsp
Grain sugar – 1 tbsp
Salt – 1/8th tsp or a pinch
Butter – ¼ cup

Ingredients
Big Plums - 2
Lemon Juice – ½ tsp
Sugar – ¼ cup or lesser
liquid glucose – ½ tbsp optional (gives chewy texture
Maida – 1 tbsp
Ground Cinnamon – ¼ tsp
Salt - 1 pinch
Butter - 1 tbsp

Procedure
Mix the dry ingredients. Rub in butter to resemble bread crumbs. Add enough milk to form stiff dough.

Refrigirate dough for 25 mins and take it out. Keep aside quarter of the dough. Roll the remaining to fit base of 7 inch pie pan. Prick with fork and put in the pie filling into it.

Roll the remaining dough into thin sheet and cut into strips. Arrange it over the filling. Give it egg wash. Bake it in preheated oven at 180 degrees for 45 minutes.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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