VEG PUFFS

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time : 15 minutes

Serves: 8

Ingredients:

For the crust:
1.5 cup all purpose flour/maida
1/2 cup butter/vegetable ghee/refined oil
salt to taste
oil for frying

For filling
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion
1 carrot
1/2 cup cauliflower
1/2 capsicum
10-15 french beans
1/2 peas and corn kernels mixed together
1 tbsp pizza pasta sauce
1-2 tbsp processed cheese (mozzarella,cheddar,Parmesan, cream cheese or as per taste or availability)
1 tsp tomato ketchup (optional)
salt to taste
black pepper to taste
mixed herbs to sprinkle

Method :

1. Rub flour with ghee or oil and mix salt.
2. Make a tight dough using as much water as required.Keep aside for 10 minutes.
3. In the mean time finely chop all vegetables accept peas and corn kernels.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add onions and saute for a minutes then gradually add all the vegetables in order of their tenderness and cook them for 3-5 minutes or till they become tender but remain crunchy.
5. Now add salt,pepper,pizza pasta sauce,tomato ketchup and processed cheese and mix well.Keep aside.
6. Divide the dough in to 8 equal parts and roll them into chapatis one by one.
7. Fill one tbsp filling in each chapati and seal the edges by pressing them with the help of a fork or simply pressing and cutting the extra dough with the help of a sharp knife . If required you can use water or a slurry of water and maida mixed together to seal the edges.you can also make the same in a gujiya maker.
8. Now either brush them with oil and bake them in oven at 180 C for 15-20 minutes or till they become broun in color.
9. Or deep fry them in hot oil.