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Baked Chicken Curry Puff with Nyonya Satay Ayam filling
Makes around 16 curry puffs
Course:
Snack
Cuisine:
Asian, Peranakan
Keyword:
Baked Curry Puffs
Author
:
Shiokman Eddie
Ingredients
4
boneless chicken breasts or legs
500
g
potatoes
diced
1
large onion
diced
200
g
coconut milk
2
kaffir lime leaves
thinly sliced
1 - 2
beaten eggs for egg wash
Rempah (Spice paste)
25
g
dried chillies
250
g
small onions
15
g
candlenuts
2
stalks lemongrass
60
g
belacan
1
tsp
salt
Pastry
500
g
plain flour
1
tsp
baking powder
½
tsp
salt
2
Tbsp
sugar
250
g
cold unsalted butter
2
whole eggs
4
Tbsp
ice water
Instructions
Pastry
In a mixing bowl, add plain flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and mix thoroughly.
Cut cold unsalted butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture.
Rub in the cold butter into flour until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
Add beaten eggs to the flour/butter mixture and mix well.
Add ice water a little at a time and knead gently until all the ingredients come together to form a smooth dough.
Store in plastic bags and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before use.
Rempah
Cut and soak dried chillies in water until softened.
Cut small onions, candlenuts, lemongrass and belacan into smaller pieces.
Blend all the spices into a fine paste.
Add salt to the paste and mix thoroughly.
Filling
Cut chicken breasts/legs into small pieces and mix with the rempah thoroughly.
Mix well until chicken pieces are coated and keep in the fridge.
Dice onions and add to a frying pan with cooking oil.
Stir fry for about a minute and add in the marinated spice chicken.
Stir fry until chicken meat is partially cooked.
Sprinkle thinly sliced kaffir lime leaves and mix well.
Pour in the coconut milk and mix thoroughly.
Dice potatoes and add to the pan, stir well.
Cover the pan and simmer at low heat until liquid reduces.
Add salt to taste.
Remove from the frying pan and let it cool down in a separate bowl.
Final Assembly
Remove pastry from the fridge and roll a portion flat
Cut out a circle with a 15 cm round cutter
Place about 2 tablespoonful of the filling in the centre of the pastry
Fold the pastry and pinch the edge together until it is completely sealed
Arrange on a baking tray and apply egg wash on the curry puffs
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for about 20 mins or until golden brown