Curry Puff (Basic Pastry)
Curry Puff (Basic Pastry)

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, curry puff (basic pastry). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Curry Puff (Basic Pastry) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Curry Puff (Basic Pastry) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

The best curry puffs are those made with flaky pastry. It is the pastry developed by the Chinese, who is also used to make other snacks such as egg tarts, and 'Siu Pao.'This type of pastry is much like the western puff pastry, except the dough is not separated by pure butter. Puff pastry is a delicate, light, and flaky pastry that can be used in countless different ways.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook curry puff (basic pastry) using 19 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Curry Puff (Basic Pastry):
  1. Get Curry Puff Filling
  2. Get 2 cups peeled & finely diced potatoes
  3. Make ready 2 cups minced chicken
  4. Take 1 cup finely chopped brown/yellow onion
  5. Take 1 tbsp finely minced/chopped garlic
  6. Take 1 tbsp chili powder
  7. Take 1 tbsp meat curry powder (Baba's)
  8. Take 1 tsp KEEN'S curry powder (see pic - optional)
  9. Take 1 tbsp chicken seasoning powder
  10. Make ready to taste Salt
  11. Make ready to taste Pepper
  12. Get Peanut/vegetable oil (cooking)
  13. Take Curry Puff Skin
  14. Get 500 g plain flour
  15. Get 100 g rice flour
  16. Take 100 g tapioca flour
  17. Get 200 g margarine/butter
  18. Get 250-300 ml water
  19. Take Oil for frying

These vegetarian curry puffs can be easily modified to your taste. Substitute the potatoes with sweet potatoes. Substitute half of the potatoes with carrots. Follow the same filling recipe here, but for a spiced fish filling.

Steps to make Curry Puff (Basic Pastry):
  1. Prepare fillings. 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.
  2. 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. Never 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).
  3. 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. Alternatively these puffs can be stored in the freezer and last for months. Just half bake them, leave them to cool completely before storing. Thaw before frying.

Add curried chicken or beef to the mix. Use gluten-free puff pastry for a gluten-free curry puff version. While waiting for the curry puff fillings to cool, whisk up an egg and cut the large puff pastry sheets into four squares. Fill the pastry with fillings and use the egg mixture to glue the puff pastry. When all puff pastries are filled and glued, use the remainder egg mixture to brush the top of each puff pastry to create a nice egg wash.

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