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

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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. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

Curry Puff (Basic Pastry) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Curry Puff (Basic Pastry) is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have curry puff (basic pastry) using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

Brush the puffs with the egg wash (beaten egg). Arrange the curry puffs on a serving platter and serve with dipping sauce. To make curry puffs, start by boiling potatoes until tender and cutting them into small pieces. Next, blanch peas and sauté onions.

Steps to make Curry Puff (Basic Pastry):
  1. 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.
  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. 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).
  3. 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 only add enough water to form a pliable dough.
  4. 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, always leave them to cool completely before storing, in the fridge or freezer. No thawing needed when frying the ones from the freezer.

Add curry powder, turmeric, chili powder, black pepper, and salt to the pan with the peas and potatoes. Then, to make the pastry, mix flour, salt, and shortening in a bowl, add warm water, and knead. Transfer the beef curry mixture to a bowl and allow to cool completely. One word about store-bought puff pastry versus homemade rough puff pastry is that they are waayyy different! Curry puffs are a common snack in south east Asia, made with pastry shell and yummy fillings of curried chicken, potatoes or eggs.

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