Ingredients

  • 500 g potatoes, cubed (small cubes)
  • 30 g green peas
  • 30 g carrots, cubed (small cubes)
  • 2 tablespoons curry powder
  • 1 sweet onion, chopped finely
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 teaspoons light soya sauce
  • 150 g chicken meat, cut into very small pieces or minced coarsely
  • boiled egg, quartered (optional)
  • 200 g flour
  • 100 g corn oil
  • 500 g flour
  • 50 g sugar
  • 180 g oil (mainly for deep drying)
  • 160 water

Method

  • ------------Makingof the fillings------------------------ .
  • Heat some oil in a wok and fry the potatoes.
  • Remove the potatoes and the oil from the wok.
  • Place another few tbsp of oil into the wok and fry the chicken meat with the onions, carrots and green peas.
  • Add the potatoes back into the wok and add in the rest of the seasonings (salt, curry powder, light soya sauce).
  • Stir fry the mixture until cooked, then leave it aside.
  • -------------OuterSkin: ----------------.
  • Mix the flour and oil together and form a dough.
  • Cut into equal pieces (Each piece must be big enough to be rolled out/flatten to about 1/2 cm thick and 13 cm dia.
  • pastry sheet).
  • --------------------InnerSkin-----------------.
  • Mix all the ingredients together to form a dough and cut into equal pieces (Same as above).
  • -------------Makingof the Curry Puff Skins (For wrapping the fillings) :------------------.
  • Take 1 piece of the outer skin dough and roll into a ball.
  • Leave it aside.
  • Take 1 piece of the inner skin dough and roll into a ball.
  • Dough the 2 circular pastry balls together.
  • Flatten pastry with a rolling pin on lightly floured board to about 1/2 cm thick sheet.
  • Cut out round pieces about 12-13 cm in diameters from the flatten pastry.
  • Place a portion of the fillings& the egg onto the centre of the flatten pastry.
  • (Fillings should cover about 10 cm dia.)
  • Note: not to put too much fillings, or else it will be difficult to fold the pastry later on.
  • Fold the flatten pastry to forms a half circle such that it covers the fillings.
  • Press lightly to seal the edges.
  • Flute the edge by pinching and twisting the edge with your fingers.
  • (Action: Pleating of the edges)
  • -----------Cooking Method------------
  • Deep fry the puffs until golden brown.