Vegetable Puff / Veg Puff

Veg puffs are a perfect tea time snack for all ages. You just can't wait to eat these crispy , crunchy puffs with vegetables stuffing. Making the stuffing and puffs is very easy.

I always liked puff pastries from Crown's bakery near Complex in Vizag. All my friends will never forget this place and these veg puffs. I never thought I could make these at home. I tried it for the first time it came out very tasty.  

I forgot to coat the puffs with oil at the end as I was expecting guests and was busy taking pictures. So the colour is not so great in the pictures but taste hmm.. excellent. Try it. 

Ingredients (Makes 18)

Readymade puff pastry sheets (I used puff pastry slices of 5cm x 10 cm)

2 Carrots

2 Tomatoes

1 Onion

1 cup Green Peas (I used frozen peas) 

1/2 teaspoon Ginger Garilc Paste

1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder

1/2 teaspoon Cumin Powder

pinch of Turmeric Powder

salt as needed 

oil as needed 

1. Remove the puff pastry sheet(s) from freezer, leave it at room temperature for 30 minutes. I bought puff pastry slices, If you are using a puff pastry sheet cut the sheet into slices after 30 minutes. Meanwhile make the stuffing. Peel the skin and cut carrots to small pieces. Boil these pieces for 15 minutes. 

2. Cut onion to small pieces. Deseed tomato and cut to small pieces. In a pan, add oil, saute onion till translucent. add ginger garlic paste and all powders. saute for 2 minutes. add green peas. Saute for a minute, then add tomatoes. Saute for 5 minutes.

3. Discard water from carrot, add boiled carrot to pan. Saute for 2-3 minutes. Stuffing is now ready. Let it cool for 10 - 15 minutes. Pastry slices would be ready to fold by now. Check those by folding one slice. If it is bending with cracks then it is ready. Now place the stuffing on one side of pastry slices. Pastry slices which I used were 5cm x 10 cm rectangles. So I placed only a teaspoon of stuffing. 

4. Dab the edges of pastry with water or milk and then gently the opposite edges closer. Dab the edges slightly so that the edges stick properly. Pre-heat the oven at 200 degrees. 

5. Brush the puffs with oil or milk. Keep these puffs on a baking tray greased with oil and bake them for 15- 20 minutes or till the puffs turn golden brown.

6. Serve them hot with tomato ketchup