Veg Puff with Home made Puff Pastry

Amma is popular for her mutton puffs around

our family and neighbours.I have never seen

her making for small amounts.Every time she makes

around 50 to 60 and distributes to all.She follows the recipe

from her old cooking book.It uses Dalda for spreading.

I replaced with butter here.

For Puff Pastry

Ingredients

All purpose flour - 2 cups

Cold water - 3/4 - 1 cup

Salt to taste

butter - 2 tsp

Butter for spreading - 1 stick

Method

Add salt , butter to flour .Mix water slowly and knead well to form

a soft dough.Wrap it with plastic sheet and keep it in the fridge for 30 min.

Bring stick of butter to room temperature.

Make a paste of butter by mixing it well with spoon and keep it in the refrigerator again for 10 min.

Divide butter to 3 parts.

Roll out the dough to a rectangle with short side facing you.

Apply 1 part of butter evenly to 2/3 of dough ( lower 2 parts )

leaving 3/4 " in the corners.

Now fold the top third of dough down.

Then fold the bottom third up like a envelope.

This is the 1 st turn.

Rotate the dough a quarter clockwise so that the fold is on your right.

Cover the dough and refrigerate for 30 min.

Repeat the process 2 more times every time the fold should be on your right.

For Filling

Ingredients

Potato - 2

Chopped carrot , beans,peas - 1 cup

turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Onion - 1

Salt - to taste

oil 1 tsp

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Method

• Pressure cook potato for 10 min and mash it well.
• Steam cook the other vegetables.
• In a kadai add 1 tsp of oil.Saute the onion well.
• Now add veg and potato.
• Add turmeric , garam masala , chilli powder and salt.
• Bring it to a dry mixture.
• In the end add lemon juice.

Making Puffs

Roll out the dough into a rectangle.Cut the dough into squares or

rectangles.Keep 1 tblsp of veg mix inside each of the square.

Join the ends with water.Brush the top of the puff with egg.

Bake the puffs in the preheated oven at 400 C for 30 - 40 min.

This is my entry to Mansi's Monthly Mingle Appetizers &

Hors'doeuvres.