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Nanny Chan's Mild Curry Puffs with a delicous mild spiced filling of ground meat wrapped in a flaky pastry. Great as a snack, appetizer or party food! 
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Nanny Chan’s Mild Curry Puffs
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
Servings: 14
Ingredients
  • The Pastry
  • t I have used my own home made flaky pastry recipe. Don' be frightened at the thought of making your own pastry! It's a really simple recipe which you can find here. This amount of pastry will make you about 14 curry puffs.
  • in If you have too much pastry it will freeze nicely if wrapped plastic wrap and a zip lock bag.
  • oz If you do decide to buy the pastry I would suggest flaky or puff pastry, about a 225g / 8 pack.
The Filling:
  • 6 oz or 1 cup or 150 g Ground Beef
  • Handful of sweetcorn
  • ¼ Red & Green Chili pepper mild ones
  • 1 cm thick ginger
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 teaspoons Mild Curry Powder
  • Handful of coriander / cilantro
  • 1 bay leaf optional
  • 1 small white onion
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg for egg wash
  • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Instructions
  1. 1. First, if you are making your own pastry, do that and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  2. 2. Prepare all the ingredients. Finely chop everything.
  3. 3. Add the vegetable oil to a pan, and cook the onions, garlic & ginger until soft and the onions are clear in colour. Do not brown them as you will end up with a bitter taste.
  4. 4. Add the curry powder and mix in well.
  5. 5. Add the ground beef and stir until cooked. Add the salt.
  6. 6. Add the sweetcorn and combine.
  7. 7. Take off heat and allow to cool. Say 20-30 minutes. if you try and add the filling on the pastry when it is hot, the pastry will melt!
  8. When the filling has cooled, add the chopped coriander / cilantro.
  9. 8. Get your flaky pastry out of the fridge, roll the pastry out until 3-4 mm in thickness. You want to be able to cut roughly 12-14 pieces of 3 inch squares from your pastry.
  10. Preheat your oven to 220C, Gas 7, 425F
  11. 9. Once rolled, use a sharp knife and cut squares, measuring 3 inches by 3 inches and place on a baking tray.
  12. 10. Use a spoon and place some filling in the middle of each square, be careful not to let any filling go on the edges.
  13. 11. Brush the edges with some beaten egg.
  14. 12. Fold the pastry over and use the back of a fork to push along the edges to seal. Please note you can make whatever shapes you want!
  15. 13. Use a sharp knife or scissors to make a little cross on the tops of all the puffs (to let the steam out and keep the pastry crispy)
  16. 14. Brush all over with beaten egg
  17. 15. Place in the oven for 15 minutes. or until golden brown.
  18. When done, place on a cooling rack and eat when warm. They are nicer just warm than Piping hot!