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Fried Curry Puffs

2011-08-22T01:49:00.000-07:00

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My curry puffs certainly didn't look this good, however they were pretty damn tasty with my little addition of peas into the mix. I couldn't help myself with the peas.....is it an Australian addition or is it an Indian one? 

I also love these because they are great to have even when pregnant! 

This is taken from South East Asian Food by Rosemary Brissenden and check it out over here

Fried Curry Puffs

250g plain flour, sifted

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup coconut cream or 75g soft butter

100mls water

Curry filling

1tbs vegetable oil

1 brown onion, finely diced

250g lean mutton or beef or chicken, finely chopped or minced

2 tbs curry powder

1/2 teaspoon roughly ground black pepper

salt to taste

1 large potato, boiled, peeled and diced

oil for deep frying

Dough 

Sift  flour and salt. Mix in coconut cream or butter and then water, and  lightly knead into a soft dough. Allow to rest for 15mins or so. Roll  out thinly and cut into circles about 8cms across.

Mixture 

Heat 1 tbs of  oil in a pan and fry the onion until golden. Add the meat, curry powder  and pepper. Stir until everything is well mixed and the meat has changed  colour. Add salt to taste and a little water. cook for 5 minutes -  until the meat is done and the curry is dry. Lastly, add the potatoes  and stir thoroughly to mix. Allow to cool.

Make 

Place a little filling  on each pastry round, fold over in a semi-circle and crimp edges to  seal. Deep-fry i plenty of hot oil until golden brown. Drain and serve  hot or cool, accompanied by a bowl of mint chutney to dip into.

What have you cooked lately??

Would love you to share below so I can come visit you!! :)

Gnocchi and a milestone

2011-08-14T05:11:00.000-07:00

This week:

Have only worked one day (Saturday) at the deli.
I have finally finished the hand sewing (both directions) this massive quilt I undertook almost 6 months ago.

Made sweet potato and potato gnocchi with caramelised cauliflower and leek for friends for dinner.

Went to the doctors and the baby's heartbeat is now 155, which shows how much it has grown. (13 weeks on Wednesday) and was LOVING the present Cindy gave to the baby!! Check it out here! She is a superstar!!
I am starting to show and not fit into my "skinnier" clothes....boohiss...
Started ANOTHER crochet project because I couldn't help myself.....I had to try the "popcorn" stitch....and this is the baby project that I am making!

Check out this lovely lady's crocheted stuff!  

I have started getting used to my lovely new Macbook Pro....
Made pikelets this morning on my day off
Am completely obsessed with True Blood and today downloaded Season 3
Am sitting here tonight watching "Making It Handmade" and just love it!

What did you do this week?

Crafty Swap

2011-08-07T05:47:00.000-07:00

At the beginning of the year I joined an international crafty swap over on this lovely lady's blog. As I had never done one before I thought it was a great time to start, but then I realised I didn't know what the bloody hell I was going to make! I had never done a crafty swap before, I didn't know what someone else was going to make for me.....eek!

I am only just starting to sew, there is no way I was going to attempt a quilt, seeing that I am still in the middle of one that I started 6 months ago and I am hand quilting it...I can't knit, I don't do anything else crafty except to crochet! The crafty swap needs to be sent "into the world" by September 1st so I thought that I would get cracking and make this!

I have used up all the extra bits of wool I had kicking around the place. The good thing about it is that each ball of wool actually has a story from something before. So I figured that I am going to write a little blanket letter to go to the receiver to see why I used what I did!

What do you think? One big continuous granny square!

I hope that the receiver is going to like it! Lots of love has gone into it and it is just starting to get cooler in the USA so it might just come in handy!!