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Vegetable Puff

Posted by on Apr 2, 2008 in Appetizers, Baking | 22 comments

 

This is our 100th post. I am happy to submit this recipe and would like to dedicate it to my friend Shriya. During our college days, we used to go to one of our favorite bakery for puffs and samosa. It’s so nostalgic to think about those wonderful days… I am really happy to share this simple recipe with you all.

Ingredients:

  • Pastry sheet – 1 pack
  • Medium size potato – 1 (cooked and mashed)
  • Green chilly -1
  • Green Peas – 3 tbsp
  • Onion – 1/2 cup
  • Coriander leaves – a few
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • Red chilly powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Garam masala – 1/4 tsp
  • Oil – 2 tsp
  • Egg white from one egg
  • Salt to taste

Method of Preparation:

Preparation of Masala:

  1. Pastry sheets are available in most of the grocery stores from the frozen section.  Thaw the pastry sheets for half an hour to an hour.
  2. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds.
  3. Once they splutter add onions and saute till they become soft.
  4. Now add the ginger garlic paste, green chillies and keep tossing for a few seconds and then add red chilly powder and garam masala.
  5. Now add the mashed potato, peas and some salt.
  6. Combine them well. Sprinkle some coriander leaves and mix it.
  7. Remove from heat.

Preparation of Puff:

  1. Preheat oven at 350°F
  2. Cut the pastry sheets as shown in the picture into desired size or into 9 equal rectangles.
  3. Fill them with masala and fold it. Keep less masala to avoid them coming out of the pastry sheet while baking.
  4. Seal it with egg whites and place it in a baking sheet and bake  for 30 – 40 minutes.
  5. Keep checking every 15 minutes.
  6. Once they become golden brown remove from oven.

🙂 Serve hot with tomato sauce

Preheat oven at 350°F

22 Comments

  1. dhivya / April 2, 2008

    delicious puffs…keep going

  2. Kalai / April 2, 2008

    Awesome puffs! Congrats on your 100th post and looking forward to more great stuff in the future! 🙂

  3. Homecooked / April 3, 2008

    Wow…they look really delicious,just like the ones we get in the bakeries back in India.Lovely pics.

  4. Preetha / April 3, 2008

    hearty wishes for ur 100th post. wish u all sucess for ur bright future dears. All your dishes are very tasty. Thanx alot for sharing wish us.

  5. Bharathy / April 3, 2008

    I had e-mailed you the recipe of Mango cheese cake you had wanted abt 3 weeks ago…did you check it out,girls??

  6. sandhya / April 3, 2008

    puffs looks delicious…. congrats on your 100th post..

  7. Lavi / April 3, 2008

    Puffs looks very perfect Nithu..Congrads on your century girls..

  8. Seena / April 3, 2008

    Nithu,
    How lucky you are to share a wonderful blog with a friend..!
    Nice recipe, congrats on 100th post.. 🙂

  9. Archana / April 3, 2008

    Hi.. congrats on ur 100th post.. Really wonderfull to have a friendship like u both share..
    Lovely puffs.. can i make it without egg white in it ??

  10. Meeso / April 3, 2008

    These look great and I love foods made with puff pastry 🙂

  11. Anuzi / April 4, 2008

    I love veggie puffs. It used to be after school snacks in India. That bakery at the corner of my school road made some serious profit with my pocket money :o)

  12. Srivalli / April 4, 2008

    Nithu, congrats on your 100th post..thats great..wishing you many more to come..its very nice to know how you two friends are sharing this blog..very nice

    and that puff..gosh..I just love it…wish I could get the pastry sheets here..making from scratch is a pain!..

  13. Nithu / April 4, 2008

    Thanks for your comments Dhivya.

    Thanks Kalai. It’s all you guys’ encouragement that lead us this level.

    Thanks for stopping by HC.

    Thank u Preetha. So nice of u.

    Thanks Bharathy, We have received your recipe. We’ll try it and post it soon.

    Hi Sandhya and Lavi, Thanks for ur comments and encouragement girls.

    Hi Seena, thanks for your comments. Yeah! I am really lucky, isn’t it?

    Thanks Archana. You can seal it without egg white.

    Thank u meeso.

    Thanks Anuzi. From what u said i bet that they wud have made money.;)

    Thanks Srivalli. So nice of u. Your encouragement just keep us boosting to do more. Thanks again.

  14. Cynthia / April 4, 2008

    Congratulations on your 100th post! I love sambosa bread since being introduced to it last year.

  15. Nithu / April 5, 2008

    Thank you Cynthia. Nice to hear from you.

  16. Madhuram / April 11, 2008

    Congratulations on your 100th post. Wish you many more.

  17. Sophie / August 28, 2008

    We would like to feature your vegetable puff recipe on our blog. Please email sophiekiblogger@gmail.com if interested. Thanks 🙂

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  18. Shar / August 29, 2010

    I tried this today, came out pretty well. One tip, is when you watch for this 15 minutes, you can quickly take it out of the oven, make sure it doesnt stick to the bottom or turn black using a flat stainless steel/non-stick spatula. I added a spoon of tomato ketchup in the end and mixed it up with the masala to give it a slight tangy taste (and some fried cashews for that crunch).

  19. amy / February 4, 2012

    you ve said “cut pastry sheets as shown in the picture”…but, where is the picture?

    thanks!

  20. Nithu / February 6, 2012

    Thanks all.
    Hi amy, Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I think the picture has been removed for some reason. I have updated the contents. Thanks again.

  21. Shona / February 2, 2013

    Hi! How many puffs can you make with this recipe? I am planning to make this for about 10 people and I’m unsure if I should double/triple ingredients. Thank you!!

    • Nithu / February 5, 2013

      This stuffing should be enough for 10 puffs. I used a big potato.

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