Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, curry puff (basic pastry). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Curry Puff (Basic Pastry) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Curry Puff (Basic Pastry) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook curry puff (basic pastry) using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Curry Puff (Basic Pastry):
- Prepare A. Curry Puff Filling
- Make ready 2 cups peeled & finely diced potatoes
- Take 2 cups minced chicken
- Prepare 1 cup finely chopped brown/yellow onion
- Take 1 tbsp finely minced/chopped garlic
- Prepare 1 tbsp chili powder
- Get 1 tbsp meat curry powder (Baba's)
- Make ready 1 tsp KEEN'S curry powder (see pic - optional)
- Get 1 tbsp chicken seasoning powder
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Get to taste Pepper
- Get Peanut/vegetable oil (cooking)
- Prepare B. Curry Puff Skin
- Take 500 g plain flour
- Prepare 100 g rice flour
- Get 100 g tapioca flour
- Take 200 g margarine/butter
- Prepare 250-300 ml water
- Make ready C. ENOUGH OIL FOR DEEP FRYING
In a small bowl, whisk the egg. Take one piece of puff pastry and cut it into four squares. Use a fork press the sides together to seal the edges of the puff pastry, and also the makes a nice pattern. Brush the puffs with the egg wash (beaten egg).
Instructions to make Curry Puff (Basic Pastry):
- A. Curry Puff Filling - Heat up wok over medium high heat and pour enough oil to cook curry puff filling. Sauté onion and garlic until fragrant. Add finely diced potato and minced chicken. Cook and stir over medium high heat. Add chilli & curry powder. Add the remaining ingredients and keep stirring. Taste and adjust seasoning accordingly. Simmer until lightly dry and potatoes are soft. Turn off the heat & leave aside to cool.
- B. Curry puff skin - Rubbing method. Rub plain flour, rice flour, tapioca flour & butter until well mixed & resemble bread crumbs. Then add water in few additions, stop adding water once you have pliable dough. Avoid over knead the pastry. Roll out dough into desired thickness (3mm thick) and then cut into round shape. Wrap up the filling & fold into the shape of curry puff. Pinch the edge of curry puff & twist it to seal (We use curry puff mould).
- Tip for step 2 👉🏻 Use food processor instead of the rubbing method. Just pulse the dry ingredients and butter for curry puff skin until it resembles bread crumbs. Then, add enough water to form a pliable dough.
- C. Cooking the Puff - Heat up oil for deep frying. (Always use enough oil for frying so you ll have crispy curry puffs). Deep fry until golden brown. We usually make these in big batch. We Half bake them & leave them to cool completely before refrigerate. Fry the next day or after.
- Note: Alternatively these puffs can be stored in the freezer and last for months. Just half bake them, always leave them to cool completely before storing, in the fridge or freezer. No thawing needed when frying the ones from the freezer.
Use a fork press the sides together to seal the edges of the puff pastry, and also the makes a nice pattern. Brush the puffs with the egg wash (beaten egg). Arrange the curry puffs on a serving platter and serve with dipping sauce. Heat oil and fry onion gently until golden brown. Add the kurma powder, curry powder, chili, turmeric and fry gently.
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