Bakery style Crispy Egg Puffs using basic ingredients
Crispy Egg Puffs are a flaky pastry that makes a tasty teatime snack. These Egg Puffs have a filling of Potatoes, Bell Peppers, Chilies, Spices, and eggs. This goes best with a nice strong ginger tea.
Ingredients
- 250g of All Purpose Flour
- Salt
- 1 tbsp of Ghee (or Butter)
- 1 sliced Onion
- 2 sliced Green Chilies
- Some diced Bell Pepper
- Some Ginger and Garlic blended into a paste
- Some Maldive Fish (optional)
- Some Pepper
- 1 tsp of Chili Flakes
- Some boiled Potatoes that are mashed
- 3 tbsp Corn Flour
- Some boiled Eggs
Instructions
- Add 250g of All Purpose Flour into a bowl.
- Add Salt to taste.
- Add 1 tbsp of Ghee (or Butter).
- Stir everything together by hand.
- Now while mixing, mix Water in slowly and form the dough.
- Set this dough aside for about 10 to 15 minutes so it becomes soft.
- Heat some Oil in a saucepan.
- Add a sliced Onion.
- Add some Curry Leaves.
- Add 2 sliced Green Chilies.
- Add some diced Bell Pepper.
- Add some Ginger and Garlic Cloves blended into a paste.
- Add some Maldive Fish.
- Mix everything together.
- add some Black Pepper.
- Add Salt to taste.
- 1 tsp of Chili Flakes.
- Mix everything together thoroughly.
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Add some boiled Potatoes that are then mashed
- Mix everything together thoroughly.
- Add 3 tbsp of Corn Flour into a bowl.
- Mix as much Oil as needed to make a runny batter.
- Now cut the dough we prepared earlier into about 8 pieces.
- Spread some All Purpose Flour on a preparation board.
- Flatten each of the dough pieces into sheets using a rolling pin.
- Take 3 sheets and spread the Corn Flour thinly on each sheet.
- Place each of the 3 sheets on top of each other.
- Take a rolling pan and now flatten the 3 sheets that are stacked.
- Cut off the edges to make a square shape.
- Now we will cut flattened 3 sheets into 4 big squares.
- Add the filling to 2 of the squares.
- Add a halved boiled Egg.
- Now use the other 2 squares to cover and seal the edges with your fingers.
- Use a fork and press down on the edges to create a decorative pattern.
- Repeat the same process for the rest of the remaining sheets.
- Now fry each of the Egg Puffs in Oil.