Egg Puffs - Bakery Style

Egg Puffs are baked puff pastry with spicy egg filling.  It  is one of my favorite snack. Back in India, We used to get these puffs in the local bakeries.  After coming here to US, I came to know it is very easy to prepare this at home with the ready-made frozen pastry sheets available here. I prepared this Egg puff one evening for snack, though it was dark, managed to click pictures to post here.

Egg puffs

What are the ingredients needed?

Puff Pastry Sheet (ready made- available in frozen section), 1

Eggs, 4 nos 

Oil, 1 tablespoon

Cumin seeds, 1/4 teaspoon

Onion, 1 no.

Curry leaves, 1 sprig

Ginger garlic paste, 1 1/2 teaspoon

Cumin powder, 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric powder, 1/4 teaspoon

Coriander powder, 1 teaspoon

Chilli powder, 1 teaspoon 

Salt, as required

How it is made?

Preparations

• Thaw the frozen pastry sheet as per the instructions given in the package. 
• Boil the eggs, remove the shells and slice it into two and keep it aside. 

Preparing the egg masala/egg filling

• In a skillet, heat oil, add cumin seeds, then curry leaves and fry for a minute. Then add chopped onions and fry till the onions turn translucent.
• Then add the ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, cumin powder, chilli powder and coriander powder and fry for another 2 minutes or till the raw smell is gone. 
• Add the required salt, mix and add the sliced eggs and gently mix well and turn off the heat.

Final Assembly

1. Cut the pastry sheets into 9 squares or according to the size you require. 
2. Take each roll and slightly roll it.
3. Then place the masala/spicy onion filling and then egg on top of it. 
4. Pull the sides together. Then the other sides together such that the egg is covered with pastry sheets. Then seal the ends together. 
5. Preheat the oven for 400 F. 
6. Arrange the prepared puffs on the baking sheet and brush oil on top of the puff pastry  and bake for 15-18 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven and serve it warm with tea. 

Bakery style Egg Puffs

Notes:

• Adjust the spice as per your taste.
• Make sure you seal the edges of the pastry sheets tightly, otherwise they will open up while baking. 
• Optionally you can brush on top of the puffs with egg white, for shiny golden color.