ETHAKKA PUFFS | SWEET PUFFS | RIPE PLANTAIN PUFFS

Away from India,when you crave for some Indian snack to munch with tea..here's a very simple way to mould your taste buds and feel yourselves to be in India.Yaah , perfectly thought am talking of none other than the puffs.You get the puff pastry sheets in the stores,and you just have to make a filling and bake them off.

I used the Pepperidge farm pastry sheets ,you can use any of the brands.I prepare them whenever am lazy to cook ,and a very good way to make kids eat ripe plantains as well :-)  Ripe plantains are common in the southern parts of India and always an important veggie n fruit in kerala.Its used mainly for making chips,fritters, sukhian  n so on..I had some of them and so prepared a sweet filling with it.I served it with hot chocolate to kids and they just loved it !! My hot chocolate recipe is here .



Ingredients
pastry sheet 8 square pieces
egg white 1
for the filling
ripe plantain 2
coconut grated 1/2 cup
peanuts 1/3 cup
cashew 1/3 cup
raisin 1/3 cup
cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
ghee 3tsp



Method

• Thaw the pastry sheet as per packet instructions.
• Steam the ripe plantains with the skin in the idli cooker or pressure cooker for 10-15 minutes.
• Peel the skin and mash the plantains in a bowl.
• Heat ghee in a pan,fry the raisins,cashew n peanuts.Place it on a plate.
• Add the grated coconut and fry for a while.
• Add the mashed plantains and mix well.
• Add the fried nuts n raisins.
• Sprinkle with cardamom powder.
• Put off the flame and let it cool.
• Place one spoon of the mixture on the pastry sheet and fold as you desire. I prepared rectangular,triangular and used Aipi's style of samosa puffs too,click here to see her recipe.
• Brush it with egg white the outer cover for the colour. (optional)
• Pre heat oven to 400 degrees F and line the pastry sheets in the baking tray.
• Place it in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove from wrack and wait for 2 minutes to remove from tray.
• Serve it hot .

Servings 8 puffs



TIPS
You can also use cake fruit mix rather than the nuts for making it colourful.
You can omit the coconut .

Sending this to The Kerala Kitchen event hosted By Magpies