Egg puff
Crispy puff pastry baked with vegetable filling and a half a boiled egg.
Servings 4
Calories 75kcal
Ingredients
- 4 pieces Puff pastry (6 inch x 3 inch) piece
- 2 Boiled eggs
- 1 Red onion chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp Chili powder / paprika powder
- 1/3 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Chicken masala powder(optional) Use pepper powder instead
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 cup Green peas
- Few sprigs Coriander leaves chopped
Instructions
- Cook eggs to perfection in Instant pot. Put the egg rack in the inner pot. Add a cup of water, put the lid turn the nozzle to sealing mode. Set the manual mode on 5 minutes after the 5 minutes allow natural pressure release then vent off the remaining steam. Put the eggs into a ice cold water after 5 minutes peel them cut into two and set aside.
- Heat 2-3 tsps of cooking oil add the chopped onion into it saute for a minute then add the ginger garlic paste give a good stir then add turmeric powder, paprika powder and salt saute allow the onion to become transparent
- Then add masala powder give it a good stir (instead a little pepper powder can be added )then the green peas stir well cover and cook until the green peas is soft and cooked then add the coriander leaves stir well and remove from heat
- Make portions of the filling so you have equal amount for each puff.
- Thaw the puff pastry slightly that is it should be bendy but not stretchy. Roll the puff pastry on a plastic sheet put a portion of the filling and half an egg.
- Apply water on the edges of the pastry very carefully without making it soggy. Close the pastry and seal the edges as seen in pics 7 and 8 of the steps.
- Gently keep each prepared puff on the lined baking tray. Put the tray in freezer for at least 20-30 minutes.
- Brush the top very lightly with a beaten egg or milk so that the top is nice and brown.
- Preheat oven to 400 ° F and bake for 15 -20 minutes depending on how brown you want the top to be.
- Serve Egg puffs immediately with a cup of Indian tea Or for brunch with some green salad.
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Notes
Do not put soggy or too wet puff pastry into oven it will ruin the egg puffs and will come out limp even if the exterior is crisp.