Curry puff



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.