Vegetable Puffs

Ingredients:

Puff pastry sheets (frozen) - 1 sheet (I used Pepperidge farm pastry sheets)

Mixed vegetables, finely chopped - 1 cup (I used carrot, capsicum, beans and green peas)

Potato (large) - 1, boiled & mashed

Onion (medium) - 1, finely chopped

Green chillies - 2-3, finely chopped

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp

Red chilly powder - 1/2 tbsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Salt - as per taste

Coriander leaves, finely chopped - to garnish

How to thaw Puff Pastry sheets?

Remove pastry sheet from packaging and place frozen sheet on a counter. Thaw at room temperature for at-least 40-45 minutes. 

In other way, you can also thaw by transferring the frozen sheet in to refrigerator overnight. Remove it when ready to use.

Procedure:

1. Take a kadai, heat oil, add chopped green chillies, onion and saute them until tender.
2. Add ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell disappears.
3. Add finely chopped carrot, beans and cook them. After few minutes, add chopped capsicum, green peas and continue to cook until all the veggies are done.
4. Now add boiled, roughly mashed potato, salt, red chilly powder, garam masala and stir well. Cook under very low flame for 1-2 minutes and switch off the flame. Finally garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and keep it aside until it gets cool down.
5. Preheat the oven at 400 F. Mean while grease a baking tray and set aside.
6. Sprinkle generous amount of flour on a clean counter, open pastry sheet carefully (after enough thawing). Take a rolling pin, and gently roll the sheet without applying pressure.
7. When the sheet slightly stretches, cut it with a knife in to 9 equal parts (If you want to make bigger puffs, cut in to 6 pieces).
8. Now take each piece and  roll gently until it stretches to half inch greater than the original size.
9. Place required stuffing (say 1-2 tbsp) in center of the sheet and close it by attaching both the ends of pastry sheet. You can also seal the ends by pressing with a fork as shown in picture.

  10. Finally spray some oil on the surface to get nice golden brown to the crust. This is      completely optional. You can also skip this step, if not interested.
  11. Transfer the baking tray with puffs in to preheated oven and bake for at-least 15      minutes or until they are done.
  12. Once they are done, remove out and serve warm at room temperature.

TIP: The stuffing can be of your personal choice veg or non-veg. You can also add or skip vegetables according to your taste and availability.