Egg Puffs

 

Puffs are recently becoming popular tea-time bakery snack in India . This semi-crispy delight comes with multiple filling options, sweet, masala, veg or non-veg, of which egg-masala  filled Egg- Puffs are most popular.   It’s made of boiled egg with masala wrapped in to readily available pastry sheets. Egg puffs are generally kept and served warm/hot along with tea or coffee.

Ingredients (For 10 nos)

  1. Puff pastry sheet ( ~ 5” x 5 “)        :  10 nos
  2. Boiled Egg           : 5 nos
  3. Onions (Thinly sliced)       : 4 nos (big)
  4. chopped green chilly         :2
  5. Turmeric Powder              : ½ T Sp.
  6. Chilli Powder                     : 1 Tbl Sp.
  7. pepper powder                  : 1 T sp
  8. Oil                                    : 3 T Sp.
  9. Curry  Leaves                    : few
  10. Raw Egg white (beaten for egg wash)       : 2
  11. Garam Masala                : ¼ T sp.
  12. Garlic (crushed/ paste)    : 1 T Sp.
  13. ginger paste                      :1 T sp
  14. Salt to taste
  1.  

Ingredients

  • Heat oil in a pan, add the sliced onions,green chilly  along with ginger and garlic
  • Sauté till the color of the onions changes
  • Add chill,pepper and turmeric powder along with enough salt.
  • Saute for another 3 – 4 minutes
  • Add curry leaves and garam masala
  • Sauté for another 3 minutes and turn off the stove
  • Split the masala to 10 equal parts.
  • Split each boiled egg to two pieces.
  • Lay the pastry sheet on a plane surface and spread using a roller (chapatti roller will do) to make each sheet to make about  ~ 2” on each side.

Tip. Keep the puff pastry outside the freezer for ~ 45 minutes to make it flexible for spreading.

  • Spread ~ ½ T sp of egg white on the top side of the sheet.
  • Keep the masala on the middle of the pastry slice.
  • Place one half of split egg on top of the masala, facing the yellow part down.
  • Fold the pastry sheet (See picture)
  • Brush egg mixture on top of each puffs (Egg wash -this makes the puffs fluffy and crispy)
  • Arrange the folded pastries on an oil-greased baking tray.
  • Preheat oven to 380 deg F.
  • Bake the folder pastries for 20 -25 minutes until the color of the puffs becomes golden brown.
  • Take the puffs out the oven and serve warm
Preparation
Preparation

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