Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, curry puff (basic pastry). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Curry Puff (Basic Pastry) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Curry Puff (Basic Pastry) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook curry puff (basic pastry) using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Curry Puff (Basic Pastry):
- Prepare A. Curry Puff Filling
- Prepare 2 cups peeled & finely diced potatoes
- Prepare 2 cups minced chicken
- Prepare 1 cup finely chopped brown/yellow onion
- Take 1 tbsp finely minced/chopped garlic
- Take 1 tbsp chili powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp meat curry powder (Baba's)
- Get 1 tsp KEEN'S curry powder (see pic - optional)
- Prepare 1 tbsp chicken seasoning powder
- Get to taste Salt
- Take to taste Pepper
- Take Peanut/vegetable oil (cooking)
- Make ready B. Curry Puff Skin
- Prepare 500 g plain flour
- Make ready 100 g rice flour
- Prepare 100 g tapioca flour
- Take 200 g margarine/butter
- Prepare 250-300 ml water
- Take 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).
Steps 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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