ingredients:
- 210 g flour
- 60 g unsalted butter
- 110 g water, cold
- Butter Dough
- 120 g flour
- 75 g unsalted butter
Filling
- 200 g chicken breast, cubed
- 300 g potatoes, cubed and pan-fried
- 10 shallots
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 10 g curry paste
- 1 carrot, cubed and boiled
- 50 g peas
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
directions:
For filling
- Heat cooking oil in a wok. Stir-fry chopped onion till fragrant for 30 seconds.
- Add curry paste into the wok. Cook till it changes color, a shade darker.
- Combine the rest of the ingredients into the wok. Chicken pieces, potato cubes, carrot cubes, peas.
- Cook for a couple of minutes over low heat.
- Add coconut milk. Mix well with other ingredients.
- Lastly, add flour. Let cook for a minute longer and remove from heat. Set aside.
For puff pastry
- Mix all ingredients for water dough to a ball shape. Knead by hands or machine. Let rest, covered with kitchen towel.
- Do the same with butter dough ingredients.
- Roll water dough into a 30x 30 rectangle. Place butter dough right in the middle and fold water dough on top of it.
- Flip the dough packet over and slowly roll the dough into long rectangle.
- Fold the rectangle into three and lightly press the dough. Turn the dough to the left, 90 degree. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Continue the folding and turning two more times with 10 minutes resting period.
- Roll the dough into thin rectangle. Divide the sheet into two smaller sheets.
- Grab one end and start rolling towards you. You will end up with two rolls. Let rest for 10 minutes, covered.
- Cut each roll into 10 equal pieces. Rest for 10 minutes, covered.
- Generously sprinkle flour on each piece and place them on counter, cut side up.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into round disk, about 2mm thick. Do this with the rest of the dough.
- Let rest and covered for 10 minutes.
- Fill each skin with 2 tbsp of curry filling. Fold the pastry into half moon shaped and pleat the sides neatly.
- Do the same with the rest of the skin.
For frying
- Heat cooking oil in a wok, enough to simmer the pastry, over low heat.
- Fry the pastries, two or three at a time, without crowding the wok.
- When the pastries float to the top of the oil, increase the heat to medium.
- Cook for 3-5 minutes each side, till golden brown.
- Drain on paper towel. Serve warm.