Curry Puff & Cheese Puff

Curry Puff, Is one of my many favourite malaysian snacks. Ever since i'm in sydney, i craved for lots of malaysian snacks that i could not get it here (it is either too expensive or too horrible tasting) Therefore, me and jenny came up with our own way of making curry puff from scratch. I manage to get the fillings right for the 1st attempt, but the pastry wasn't as what i'd expected. For the second attempt, Jenny gave me a recipe from a webbie and i tried it today.. It was DELICIOUS... Not sure if jenny posted up the recipe in her blog, But i'll post it up for reference to those curry puff lover :)
For fillings

3 slice chicken thigh -diced

3 big potato - diced

1 onion- diced
2 tablespoon curry powder

1 tablespoon soy sauce

dash of sugar

garlic

oil

salt and pepper to taste

(you may add green peas and carrot if desire)

Firstly, fry the diced potato till golden brown, then leave it aside the pan and fry the chicken, onion and garlic (as shown above). Then mix them together, add in soy sauce, curry powder, and stir fry them. Add in salt and pepper to taste.

Once everything is blend, it should look like the picture above. Let it simmer for a few minutes to let the taste absorb into the chicken and potato is soften.
As for the dough,
350g plain flour
150ml cold water
150g margarine
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt

Rub in the margarine into the flour till it resembles bread crumb, then pour in cold water, lemon juice and salt. Once it form a dough, set it aside for 5-10 min, Do not knead it.
Roll out the dough and divide it into smaller pieces (approx 15-17 piece). Use rolling pin to roll it into 4-5 inch diameter. Fill in the fillings and plait it. Then fried till golden brown.
Do take notice for heat, as the flour texture is easily burn, therefore adjustment of oil heating is very important.

The outcome of this is much favourable comparing to my 1st attempt. The skin is very crispy and blends well with the fillings. I prefer more spicy for my fillings therefore i added more curry powder into it.

With some leftover dough, i came out with some creativity for the fillings. Though it wasn't very very creative, but i think i did a very good job in making something different. i made some puffs with cheese fillings in it. It is the same dough i use, but the fillings is just mozzarella cheese (stuffed maximum) and it comes out YUMMY... for those cheese lover (like me), this is another interesting recipe to try.