home made egg puff

Ingredients:

• Eggs -5
• Onion – 1/2 cup (finely chopped)
• Capsicum – 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
• Tomatoes – 1/3 cup (finely chopped)
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 3/4 tsp (according to spice level)
• Coriander powder – 3/4 tsp
• Chaat masala – 1/4 tsp
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Salt – to taste
• Plain flour(Maida) 3/4 cupMethod:
• Boil the eggs for 15 minutes and peel the skin and heep it aside.
• In the meantime heat oil in a pan and add the onions.
• Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.
• Add the chopped capsicum and fry till they become soft.
• Add the salt and tomatoes and fry till they become soft.
• Add the red chilli powder, coriander powder and chaat masala and fry for 2 minutes.
• Cut the eggs to 2 halves and add to the mixture.
• Turn off the heat and let it cool.
• Add salt and ice cold water to flour/maida and make a smooth dough. Roll it into rectangular shape.
  Apply the shortening/vanaspathi to 2/3rd portion. Fold the remaining 1/3rd portion,  Now fold the remaining 1/3rd portion (to which shortening is applied) on top of it.Roll it again. Repeat these steps 3-4 times more. (You have to repeat more times to make the puff more crispy).
• Now keep the egg on this fold them and stick them by putting water in the edges.
• Preheat the conventional oven to 400 F. Spray some oil in a baking sheet or aluminium foil and place the puffs and keep it inside the oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until they become golden brown.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Note:.

• We can change the masala ingredients according to our taste like we can add garam masala or dry mango powder or cumin powder.

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