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Vegetable puffs















Ingredients

Quantity
Refined flour
150gms
Fat
15gms
Salt
2gms

Creaming:


Fat
50gms
Rice flour
5gms

Filling (A):


Green peas
50gms
Carrots
50gms
Onions
50gms
Potatoes
100gms
French beans
50gms
Salt
5gms
Green chillies
2gms
Mustard seeds
1gm
Lime
½
Turmeric
a pinch
Green coriander
2 springs
Curry leaves
a few
Fat
15gms
Oil for frying


Filling (B):


Potatoes
115gms
Cauliflower
225gms
Peas
115gms
Onions
115gms
Coriander leaves
a few
Green chillies
5gms
Turmeric
a pinch
Chilli powder
a pinch
Cardamoms
a little
Cloves
a pinch
Lime
¼
Salt
to taste  
Fat to fry (absorption)
30gms
Mix flour and salt. Rub fat into flour. Add water to make a soft dough. Knead and set aside. Divide the dough into even number of portions and roll each portion into thin rounds about 17.5 cm (7”) in diameter. Make a paste of rice flour and the fat. Leave in cold water. Smear the rounds with the paste. Place 3 rounds one on top of the other. Roll firmly. Cut into 2.5 cm (1”) pieces. Press each piece vertically. Roll into rounds shapes. Fill with vegetables mixture and fold over forming a semicircle. Press edges well. Deep fry till golden brown. Drain.

Filling A:

Chop green chillies and onions. Chop the carrots, beans and potatoes into small pieces. Heat the fat. Add mustard seeds. When they crackle, add the vegetables, chopped onion, green chillies and turmeric. Sprinkle a little water and cook over slow fire till potatoes are cooked (about 15 minutes). Add salt and mix well for about 5 minutes. Add lime juice and chopped coriander leaves and remove.

Filling (B):

Boil potatoes and cauliflower and cut into small pieces. Boil and mash the peas. Chop onions. Heat the fat, brown onion and the spices, vegetables and salt, saute. Cool and add lime juice.