First time I made curry puffs was in Miss Yeow's home science class... and it was a disaster... I tried and tried again at home.. still a disaster, on top of that I couldn't make the edges nice enough. The way I practiced the edges was to do it using the plasticine.. hehe.. in the end I can make nice currypuff edges at only an "acceptable" level unlike somebody I know who can do it at an "excellent" level *wink*. Anyway, I usually made hundreds of these for Sahur during Ramadhan and also for Hari Raya to serve my guests. I have not made these since Raya , so since today I have the mood , why not.. Since these are for us, I made the size bigger. So with the given measurement below, I can only make 12 pieces of currypuffs, if I make for raya serving, I can make 30 pcs of curry puffs. So you can imagine the size of these curry puffs.
Ingredients
pastry:
3 cups flour
3/4 cup butter
1tsp salt+ 1/2 egg +1 cup water
filling
250gm mnced beef
1 medium potato-diced
1/2 onion-chopped
1/2 garlic -chopped
curry powder
1tsp cornflour+ 1/4 cup water
chicken stock powder
steps;
dough:
mix flour and butter in a bowl, rub till the mixture resembled bradcrumbs, then add the egg mixture, mix thoroughly with spatula then knead till the side of the bowl is clean, leave aside for at least 30 minutes before putting in the filling.
filling:
In a pan, combine all ingredients and 1/4 cup of water except the flour mixture . Simmer slowly till minced beef is cooked and the potato softened. Add the chicken stock powder.
Note: you dont need to add oil because the beef will release a lot of oil. Skim the oil with a spoon, and in my case I strain the filling by putting the filling in a strainer.
To assemble:
Divide the pastry into 12 equal balls, flatten the balls and put in the filling. Seal the edges and do the "currypuff" pleats... LOL! - Alternatively, use cookie cutter to make similar size circles before putting in the filling. Shallow fry the currypuffs at medium flame till the curry puffs turn golden brown.
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