Vegetable Puffs:

Veg Puffs. Spicy Puffs.

As usual another rainy day snack! Yeah got little better in making puff pastry(after few trial and error with egg puffs). To look at the method of making puff pastry sheets, please go through my ‘Egg Puffs’ article! I don’t want to re do the whole thing!

Ingredients:

For Puff Pastry Sheets:

All purpose flour 1 cup
All purpose flour for dusting 1 cup
Egg whites from 1 egg (for egg wash)
Butter 1 whole stick
Salt as per taste
Baking soda 1/4 spoon
Warm water

For the Filling:

Veggies(carrots, beans, peas, potatoes….)
Onion 1 large finely chopped
Garlic 2 bead minced
Ginger 1″ grated
Salt
Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Coriander seeds powder 1 spoon
Cumin seeds powder 1 spoon
Garam masala powder 1/4 spoon
Cilantro leaves few
Mint leaves few chopped
Oil few spoons.

Method:

In a wok, heat oil. Add ginger-garlic and onions…fry them real good, till golden color.

Add all the powdered spices and bring them to masala consistency. Add veggies and cook them till they are done. Garnish with cilantro and mint leaves. Set aide to cool down to room temperature.

Make a smooth fissure less dough using just warm water + salt and soda.

Make equal parts out of them. Knead them to paper thin…..bast with clarified butter and dust them with flour. Now fold them as shown in the picture. Repeat the same procedure over and over for atleast 4-6 times. So you will end up having neat thick square sheet.

Repeat the same for all the remaining equal parts of the dough.

The more you knead over and over….the more the layers. The more you bast with butter…the more the crispiness.

Well…now to the each of the sheet….coat them with egg white(egg wash). Then place spoon full of masala veggies. Cover them and seal the edges. Repeat the same for as many as puffs you want!

Once again bast the outer sides of the puff with butter. Place them over butter papers, in an oven safe container. (Note: Aluminium foil could actually burn the puffs to char before it is done thoroughly) Bake them over 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Often bast them in between with butter.

Enjoy with ketchup as an evening snack.