Vegetable Puff

Afternoon time in the office;most of us feeling sleepy and thinking about a cup of tea and your friend got vegetable puff with hot cup of tea(cutting chai). Surely I will call her/him Best Friend (Ha ha ha :)

In my college days we used to go to the bakery just outside of the campus for some veg puffs, sandwiches,pastries.Couldn't resist the temptation of hot puff- the buttery aroma always won.

So here I am with my version of Vegetable puffs.

Ingredients-

• 2 Puff pastry sheets
• 1/2 cup boiled and mashed potatoes
• 1/4 cup green peas
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/4 cup small cubed paneer / cottage cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon Red Chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dabeli masala or 1/2 teaspoon cumin & coriander powder, 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
• 1/2 teaspoon tamarind-date paste
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 egg (Optional)

Method-

1. Pre-heat the oven at 350 ⁰F.
2. Take 2 sheets of puff pastry and thaw it for 10 minutes at room temperature.
3. Heat oil in a pan;add pinch of asfodia powder.
4. Now add chopped onion and saute it for couple of minutes.
5. Add Mashed potatoes and paneer and with the spoon mix it well with little mashing.
6. Now add red chili powder, dabeli masala and salt and mix it.
7. Add peas and stir the stuffing for 1-2 minutes
8. Turn the stove off and add tamarind-date paste and mix well.
9. Crack one egg and add little water and mix.
10. Now cut the pastry sheet in half and apply the egg & water mixture (only water can also do the trick ) on four sides leaving the center space to put stuffing; put the 1 tablespoon stuffing at the center.
11. Now close the edges and with fork press a bit a the closed edges; creating a nice pattern.
12. Put butter paper in a cookie sheet(for easy clean up) and put the puff and apply egg wash.(Or you can apply little oil)
13. Bake it for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
14. Serve it hot with ketchup.