Pastry making!

Pastry Making (Hand Make)

Hello! Correct me if I am wrong k. :) we are going to send our curry puffs oversea rite? Which means our “frozen curry puff” is not fried yet? It is still “raw”. So we are only making the pastry (Skin of the curry puff) & cooking the fillings?

Ingredients for making pastry (skin of Curry puff)

Plain flour
Melted margarine
Water mixed with ½ teaspoon of salt

1. In a large bowl, combine flour and margarine.

2. Add in water a little at a time and knead until dough becomes smooth and pliable.

3. Leave it for 10 - 15 minutes then, with a rolling pin, roll out the dough into a thin sheet (0.5cm).

4. Using a round cookie cutter, cut the dough into circles and place a little filling in the middle.

Ingredients for curry puffs fillings

These veggies can be added in steps 5a. & hard boiled eggs can be include 5c?

Potatoes (cubed, boiled and drained)
Cubed chicken flesh
**Mixed Vegetables (Carrots, Peas, Beans, Corn)
** Hard boiled eggs
Mince onion
Curry powder
Coconut milk or milk
Butter
Salt to taste

5a. For the filling, heat a pan and sauté the onions in the butter until soft.

5b. Add in chicken and curry powder and fry until fragrant.

5c. Finally, add in potatoes, milk, seasonings and cook until thick.

6. Fold over and pleat the ends of the pastry to seal in the filling.

Additional steps (Agar agar one):
Ø Cool the curry puff for a short period of time as the fillings are still warm
Ø Freeze to -20 degree via blast freezing in 30 minutes
Ø In a “form-fill-seal” machine, pack 10 pieces of curry puffs into a “plastic bag” (Those commercially used)
Ø Pack 10 bags into each carton box
Ø Store in freezer & transport? (-20 degree)

7. Deep fry curry puffs until golden. (Not needed as we are packing as “raw” frozen curry puffs oversea)


“Some” links:
http://www.winkler-global.com/News.html
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10869172/Frozen_Curry_Puff_Samosa_Meat_Chicken_.html
http://www.martins-seafresh.co.uk/frozen_facts.htm