Veg Puffs
A spicy vegetable mix filled inside puff pastry sheets and baked until golden brown. A quick and easy evening snack.
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- Pan
- Knives and Cutting Board
- Baking Tray
Ingredients
- 2 Pastry Sheets
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 8-10 Potatoes; boiled, peeled and mashed
- ½ Cup Green Peas
- 1 Capsicum; chopped
- 1 tbsp Finely chopped Ginger
- 1 tbsp Finely chopped Green Chillies
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- 1 tsp Mango Powder (Aamchur Powder)
- 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan. Add green chillies and ginger and fry them on medium heat.
- Then, add peas, followed by capsicum and fry them till they are cooked.
- Add the mashed potatoes.
- Add salt, cumin powder, dry mango powder and Kashmiri red chilli powder and mix well.
- Turn off the heat. Let this mixture cool completely.
- Cut the pastry sheet into equal-sized rectangles with the help of a knife.
- Put portions of the potato mix on each cut-out portion of the pastry sheet. Fold it and seal it from all sides by pressing the dough together.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C for 10 minutes. Line a baking tray with a baking sheet. Place the puffs on the pastry sheet and bake for about 25-30 minutes, or as per the instructions on the packing.
- Take them out and let them cool for about 10 minutes on a wire rack before serving.
Notes
- For my readers in Germany, the pasty sheets are called ' Blätterteig' in German. They are easily available in supermarkets.
- You can also replace potatoes with paneer in this recipe.