Pork and mushroom pie and Gujarati-style green beans

Shopping list

• Fruit and vegetables

  • 2 onions, peeled and chopped
  • 300g/11oz button mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced or left whole or quartered if they are small
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 1kg/2lb 3oz floury potatoes (such as King Edward), cleaned (not peeled)
  • 450g/1lb green beans, cut into 2.5cm/1in pieces
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and very finely chopped
  • 1 hot, dried red chilli, coarsely crushed in a mortar

• Tins, packets and jars

  • 100g/4oz plain flour
  • 250ml/9floz chicken stock

• Cooking ingredients

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp whole black mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

• Dairy, eggs and chilled

  • 100g/4oz butter
  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 250ml/9fl oz single cream
  • 50g/2oz butter
  • 200ml/7fl oz boiling milk (or 150ml/¼ pint boiling milk and 60ml/2fl oz single cream)

• Meat, fish and poultry

  • 680g/1½lb pork, cut into 1-2cm/½in cubes (shoulder or leg, fat removed)

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