While growing up in Kerala, dad used to bring this vegetable Hand pie or Vegetable puffs ( as we call them) from a nearby bakery. We (me and my sister) loved it very much and often little fights will break out between us as who will get how many. My sister always won this competition, as she will cry immediately if she got less. And mom and dad will give her more puffs to pacify her. If I ask her of these incidents now, she will pretend that the episodes never happened.
You can buy egg, vegetable and meat handpie/ puffs from bakery. However dad only brought home the vegetable hand pie/vegetable puffs. Last week end we had invited some friends over for dinner, and I made this puffs as an appetizer, main course was briyani, payasam, channa etc. Everybody liked it. I usually make a filling of the vegetables which can also be used for vegetable cutlets too. I made my vegetable puffs like this way :
Vegetable hand pies/ Vegetable Puffs
Ingredients
- Potato: 2 no ( Boiled and cooked )
- Carrot: 1 no (chopped finely)
- Onion: 1 no (chopped finely)
- Green Peas: ⅓ cup (frozen)
- French cut beans: ⅓ cup
- Ginger- garlic paste: 1 tablespoon
- Gram masala: ½ teaspoon
- Red chili powder: ½ teaspoon
- Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
- Coriander seeds: ½ teaspoon
- Cumin seeds: ½ teaspoon
- Fennel seeds: ½ teaspoon
- Olive oil: 1 teaspoon
- Salt: ½ teaspoon or to taste
- Lemon juice: 1 teaspoon (optional)
- Puff pastry sheets: 2 (I used pepper ridge farm puff pastry sheets)
- Egg: 1 no
- Water: 2 tablespoon
For Vegetable mixture
For hand pie/Puff
For Egg wash
Instructions
- Peel the potato and cut into 2 inch cubes and boil and cook in salted water until they become mushy.
- Finely slice onion and carrot and keep aside.
- In a pan heat one teaspoon of oil and add cumin seeds, fennel seeds and crushed coriander seeds and when cumin and fennel seeds starts splutter add onion fry them until it become translucent or change color it take about 6 minutes. To this add ginger-garlic paste and fry for another 3 minutes.
- Add chopped carrots, turmeric powder, chili powder , salt and garam masala stir well and let them cook for 6 minutes or until carrots become tender. To this add green peas and French cut beans and cook them for another 5 minutes.
- Adjust salt or spices. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and mix well. Switch off the flame and keep aside.
- Thaw the puff pastry’s according to manufactures directions.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Dust the board with little bit of all-purpose flour and spread the puff pastry sheet, it prevents sticking to the board. Roll the puff pastry sheet with roller two times. Cut one sheet into 6 squares.
- Beat egg slightly with 2 tablespoon water in a bowl and keep aside
- Into each square scoop one tablespoon of vegetable mixture and seal the sides with fingers, if it sticks, seal it with little water.
- Place the sealed puffs in ungreased baking sheet, lined with aluminum foil. Brush eggs wash on the top of each puff, and bake until it become golden color or about 20 minutes.
- Enjoy warm with or without ketchup.
Notes
Copyright ©2014 Zesty South Indian Kitchen by Swathi( Ambujom Saraswathy) All Rights Reserved
Copyright ©2013 Zesty South Indian Kitchen by Swathi( Ambujom Saraswathy) All Rights Reserved
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Ruxana says
looks perfect crispy and yummy
Gayathri says
Looks so yummy swathi. I want to grab one.
bhawya says
Im so hungry now .. very tempting..
chikku says
Crispy and crunchy puffs ...tempting dear 🙂
Ranjani Raj says
Inviting puffs.. drooling here 🙂
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Puffs are my favorite too! Reminds me of the fun school and college days! Lovely pictures Swathi.
Anjum says
Yummy n crisp.Wow.
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A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine says
Swathi, the puff looks so crispy & yummy. Fantastic.
Ramya Vijaykumar says
The puff looks very crispy and just like the ones served at the bakery... Can I get one???
Swathi says
Rahin, Sushma,Devi, Padhu, Priya, lubna,Deepa, Rachana, Pari, Nithu, Vrinda, Siddhi, Hetzy, Vinola, Nags, thanks for stopping by.
Nags says
so easy with the sheets right? love them too, although i use them sparingly
Akal's Saappadu says
hahahahaha"My sister always won this competition, as she will cry immediately if she got less. And mom and dad will give her more puffs to pacify her. If I ask her of these incidents now, she will pretend that the episodes never happened."
how come all younger sisters are exactly the same????? hihhihi
puffs are my favoutites too, we used to buy almost everyday for tea time after school.... your puffs look great!!!
Hetzy says
Puffs looking delicious swathi.My favourite snack.
Siddhi S says
wow swati tbis puffs realy luk very tempting, loved ur stuffing...awesome pics
Vrinda says
Yummy puffs dear...Naatile bakery shops orma varunnu....
Nithu Bala says
Looks yummy Dear..love the click
Pari says
wow. I love these sinful things, so tasty and crispy.
Rachana Kothari says
Simply yummy...goes well with tea or coffee:)
Hamaree Rasoi says
Best tea time snack. Looking very yummy
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Kitchen Flavours says
Wow...simply yummy...
Priya says
I can have them anytime, my all time favourite..
Padhu says
Mouth watering Veggie puffs!
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Devi Meyyappan says
Hi Swathi, I would like to share 2 awards with you, Please accept it from my blog:)
Devi Meyyappan says
wow.. nice puffs Swathi!!.. looks perfect!
Sushma Mallya says
Nice crispy tasty puffs,best when there are guests around....Liked the recipe of its filling..really good one swathi and wonderful clicks too..
Rahin says
Thanks for the lovely entry Swathi, the puffs look so delicious and are one of my favouritesAm also glad to have found your blog