Puff – Spicy Mashed potato filling in crispy puff pastry sheets.

Hello Foodies,

Today I am sharing famous Gujarati snack – Puff. Puff is basically made with puff pastry dough filled with mashed potato filling. Making puff pastry is very time consuming and required so much patience. So, I tried this recipe with Phyllo pastry sheets and the dish turns out very good. I bought phyllo pastry sheets from my local grocery store.  Enjoy this quick and simple version of puff.

Recipe will serve 2

Ingredients:-

Phyllo pastry sheets – 1 pc (store bought)
Boiled and mashed potatoes – 4
Finely chopped green chilies – 3
Chopped onion – 1
Chopped coriander leaves – 4 tbsp
Red chili powder – ½ tsp
Dried mango powder/ amchur powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Coriander powder - ½ tsp
Garam masala – ¼ tsp
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
Asafetida – ¼ tsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Melted salted butter – for bushing the sheets
Salt as per taste

Directions:-

1) Heat oil in a pan and add cumin and mustard seeds. When seeds crackled add asafetida.
2) Now add chopped onion and stir well until translucent. Add chopped green chilies and mix well.
3) Now add all above mentioned dry spices and salt and mix well.
4) Add mashed potato and mix it well with the spices.
5) Add chopped coriander leaved and again mix well.
6) Let the mixture cool down completely.
7) Phyllo sheets are very thin sheet and it dries out very quickly. So while working with these sheets always covers the sheets with wet kitchen towel.
8) Carefully place one phyllo sheet on your working surface and lightly brush it with melted butter.
9) Place another sheet on top of it and again brushed it with butter. I used layer of three sheets.
10) Cut the dough from center. We need to cut these sheets in strips. You can cut the layered sheet in your desired size of puff. I made one big sized puff and small puff also.
11) Take one strip and place 2 tbsp filling in this center of strip and start foling in a shape of triangle. (see the pictures for this steps)
12) Repeat the step with rest of sheets.
13) Now brush the puff with melted butter from both sides.
14) Preheat the oven at 350 degree F.
15) Arrange the puffs on baking try lined with aluminum foil.
16) Pop these puff for about 15- 18 mins or until golden brown in color.
17) Take out the puffs from oven.
18) Serve hot with tomato sauce.