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WITH STORE BOUGHT FROZEN PUFF PASTRY SHEETS

          Today I tried this vegetable puff from store bought frozen butter puff pastry sheets. It came out nice,was a perfect tea snack for my kid. He enjoyed this and wanted frequently.Diet  conscious people,excuse me.Experiment with your choice of stuffing inside!

Ingredients:

Ready-made puff pastry sheets	1
Mixed veggies,chopped	1 cup
Onion	1 no.,small
Tomato,chopped,deseeded	1 no.,medium
Ginger garlic paste(optional)	1/2 tsp
Seasoning- jeera or omam	1 tsp
Red chilli powder/sambar powder	1 tsp
Garam masala powder	1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder	1/8 tsp
Oil/ ghee	As needed
Salt	as needed for the veggies
Coriander leaves,chopped	2-3 tblsp

Method:

1. Pressure cook the veggies for 3 whistles with water just sprinkled over the veggies.
2. Heat a non pan with a tsp of oil and splutter the seasoning,add onions and fry for a minute.
3. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
4. Add the boiled veggies and chopped de seeded tomatoes and add all the powders given in the table.
5. Mix well and fry in low flame till all the masala blends well in the veggies. Lastly add the salt and mix well and cool down.
6. Pre heat the oven in 220C
7. Thaw and prepare  the pastry sheets as per the instructions given in the cover.
8. Cut into rectangles as shown in the picture.Keep 2 tblsps of filling in one side of the rectangle and fold and cover the stuffing.
9. Line a baking tray with aluminium foil and grease it with oil and arrange the puffs.( I first arranged the cut pastry pieces and then stuffed, in the baking tray itself). Brush the puffs with oil or ghee.
10. Bake for 15-20 mins, until golden brown in colour.
11. Brush again with oil or ghee if desired.
12. Serve hot with tomato sauce/ketchup/chilli sauce.