Alu pie – pies with potatoes and green peas

Alu pai (in Hindi aloo – potato) – these are fried pies from thin dough stuffed with potatoes. Samsa from Trinidad and Tobago personifies a mix of Asian, Indian, Arabic and Latin American folk cuisines that have noticeably influenced culinary features of this state. Alu Pai filling is getting ready mashed potatoes with green peas and corn and generously seasoned with aromatic and spicy spices. Pies can how to fry in large quantities of oil, and bake in the oven. They are very tasty, fragrant, crispy and naughty. Alu pie is best served with mango chutney. Him sweet fruity taste amazingly combined with spicy spicy pies. Nutrition value per serving: (14 pies in total) Calories 167, total fat 5 g., Saturated fat g., Proteins 3 g., Carbohydrates 25 g., fiber g., cholesterol mg., sodium mg., sugar g. Share with друзьями: Time: 1hour. 15 minutes. Difficulty: easy. Quantity: 14 pies in recipes. volumetric containers are used in volume: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cups (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (Art.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

Pastry dough

• 3 tbsp. premium flour and optionally as needed
• 1-2 tbsp. l granulated sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp. l ghee or vegetable oil ghee
• 1 tbsp. warm water, or a little more
• Shallow-frying vegetable oil

Stuffing for pies

• 3 tbsp. l cooking oil for frying
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 tsp chopped garlic
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 1 tsp zira
• 0.5 tsp hot sauce or more
• 0.5 tsp smoked paprika
• 250 – 350 gr. diced potatoes and boiled
• 1 tbsp. frozen green peas, thaw
• 1 tbsp. frozen corn defrost
• 1 green onion feather, chopped
• 2-3 tbsp. l parsley or cilantro
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 0.5 tsp ground white pepper
• 0.5 tsp or more curry powder or caribbean green seasonings to choose from

Recipes with similar ingredients: filo dough, fresh dough, butter ghee, potato, corn, peas, spicy sauce, paprika, pepper ground cayenne, white peppercorns, curry, cumin, onion onions, garlic, ginger root, cilantro

Recipe preparation:

1. Filling. Pour oil into a large pan, add onion, garlic, ginger and fry for about 2-3 minutes, constantly stirring so that the vegetables do not burn. Then add zira sharp sauce and paprika and continue stirring with a wooden spoon for about 2 minutes.
2. Add the cubes of boiled potatoes and corn. Knead lightly potatoes, corn and peas, then mix everything thoroughly Ingredients. Add green onions, curry powder, white and cayenne pepper and a little water so that nothing burns. Stew about 2 minutes. Finally, add cilantro and salt to taste. and cool the filling. You can cook it a day earlier.
3. Dough. Pour flour, baking powder into a large bowl, sugar and salt, deepen and pour water and melted or vegetable oil.
4. Put the dough on a heavily floured board and knead about 5-7 minutes. Continue to add as needed flour to make the dough easier to work with. Be careful to Do not sprinkle too much flour. The dough should be soft elastic and smooth.
5. Assembly of pies. On a surface lightly dusted with flour. form 14 balls from the dough. Roll a circle from each ball sprinkling a rolling pin lightly with flour.
6. Put in the center of the circle the full 2 tbsp. l or more toppings, moisten the edges of the dough with your finger with water or flour diluted in water. Fold the circle gently and pinch the edges of the dough. Another way seal the dough – press its edges with the prongs of a fork. Then you can freeze pies to fry later or continue cooking them right away.
7. Pour oil into a pan or medium-sized cast-iron cauldron to a depth of 5 cm. and heat over moderate heat to 175 ° C, so that the oil is hot, but does not smoke.
8. Gently dip the pies into the oil and fry a few pieces, turning over once, until golden brown, about 5-8 minutes. Not overfill the pan with pies (they absorb too much oil and become softened). Use a slotted spoon to put them on paper towels.
9. The way of baking. Lay the blanks on a baking sheet and grease with rapeseed oil. Bake at 190 ° C, approximately 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
   

   Note

   You can prepare the filling the night before so that the flavors managed to mix the ingredients, or even make pies and store their week in the freezer. Instead of kneading the dough, You can use the ready-made filo test. You can do pies two times smaller than those offered in the recipe and serve them as a snack at a party. Serve warm or roomy temperature with mango chutney or with channa alu.