Chole Puffs/ Channa Puffs

When I was working in Hyderabad, I used to have veggie puffs at a regular basis in my office cafeteria. I love puffs!!! Some days back I had Channa Puffs in Hot Breads, I did not like the taste. From then I want to prepare them myself at home, last weekend made these channa puffs and I & my hubby enjoyed them to the full. What a yummy snack  :)

Puffs are snack items and they can be filled with a variety of ingredients like vegetables, keema, eggs, potato or paneer. I used frozen puff pastry sheets. These Chole Puffs are simple and easy evening time snack.

Ingredients:

Puff Pastry Sheets – 1 box

For Stuffing

Onions- 1 no

Channa – 2 cups soak overnight

Cumin powder – ½ tsp

Chole masala or Garam masala – 1 tsp

Red Chilli powder

Salt
Lemon Juice - 2 tsps
Coriander leaves - 3 tsps

Chaat Masala – ½ tsp

Turmeric powder –a pinch

Oil – 1 tsp

Milk - 4 tsps

Preparation

• Take the Puff Pastry sheets from refrigerator and thaw them based on the instructions at room temperature for 40 minutes
• Meanwhile make chole stuffing, by taking a pan heat oil on medium heat.
• Add Onions and sauté till soft.

• Now add soaked chole by removing water. Add salt,turmeric powder.
• Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
• Now add cumin powder, chaat masala, chole masala, red chilli powder, lemon juice, coriander leaves and mix well.
• Cook for another 5 minutes.
• Take the Pastry sheets strips and cut into small squares.
• Put 1 tsps of stuffing in the center of the sheet.
• Fold the Pastry sheets to make shapes. To seal puffs use a fork and gently press the sides.

• Take oven safe tray line with foil.
• Place puffs in oven above tray and brush on the top of puffs with milk. 
• Pre heat the oven to 400 F and bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool from for 5 minutes.
• Serve hot with ketchup. 

Sending this to Tea time snacks hosted by Akheela, Cooking with seeds - Chickpeas hosted by Sukanya originally started by Priya, Bake Fest hosted by Pradnya started by Vardhini, Legume Love affair Hosted by Chez started by Susan