Paneer Puff Recipe | Easy Homemade Puff Recipe | Startup Cooking

PANEER PUFF RECIPE | EASY HOMEMADE PUFF RECIPE | STARTUP COOKING

Paneer Puff, a perfect Tea time snack. Paneer puffs is similar to the vegetable puff that we all must have eaten when we were kids and also eating now but with varied stuffings. Earlier vegetable puffs was popularly available in most bakeries in India.

The buttery and flaky crust and the super delicious paneer stuffing made this one of my favorite snacks in recent times. These crispy, flaky savory pastries are usually relished with a cup of hot tea in the evening. You can either use homemade puff pastry or get one from the market. 

Paneer puff are super simple to make, all you need is a puff pastry sheet ready to be used. Either way, the paneer puff will taste great. You can even make these paneer puff in advance and then just heat them in the oven before serving. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Paneer Puff. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

Try my other paneer recipes

• Palak paneer
• Methi Paneer
• Paneer peas pulao
• Paneer capsicum
• Matar paneer
• Kadai paneer
• Paneer Lababdar

RECIPE FOR PANNER PUFF

Course       : Evening Snack

Cuisine      : Indian

Author       : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time  : 20 min

Cook Time : 20 min

Total Time  : 40 min

INGREDIENTS

• 1.5 tbsp oil

• 1 tsp fennel seeds

• 1 large onion - thinly sliced

• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

• 1 tomato - finely chopped

• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder

• 1.5 tsp sambar powder or chili powder

• 1 tsp garam masala powder

• 1/4 tsp jeera powder

• salt to taste

• paneer cubes - around 20

• puff pastry sheets (I used pepperidge farm)

PROCEDURE

• heat oil in a pan

• add fennel seeds and allow to crackle

• add thinly sliced onion

• saute well until it turn golden brown

• add ginger garlic paste

• saute well till the raw smell goes off

• add finely chopped tomato

• saute well until the tomatoes turn mushy

• add turmeric powder, sambar powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder and salt

• add half a cup of water

• mix well

• cook in low medium flame for 2-3 minutes

• add paneer cubes

• combine altogether

• cover and cook in medium flame for 5 minutes or the masala is completely dry

• switch off the flame

• leave the panner masala to come to room temperature

• now thaw the puff pastry until it comes to room temperature

• pre-heat oven at 375 degree F.

• line a parchment paper in the baking pan

• grease with a tsp of oil

• take a spoon full of prepared paneer masala and place it in the center of the pastry sheets

• fold the pastry sheet and seal the edges by pressing with your thumb

• repeat the same process for other pastry sheets

• bake for 20-25 minutes in the pre-heated oven or until the puff changes to golden brown (check at regular intervals to avoid burning of the puff)

• paneer puff is ready

• serve hot with ketchup or with a cup of tea

• paneer puff is really delicious 😋 

PANEER PUFF WITH STEP-BY-STEP PHOTO RECIPE

heat oil in a pan

add fennel seeds and allow to crackle

add thinly sliced onion

saute well until it turns golden brown

add ginger garlic paste

add chopped tomatoes

saute well until the raw smell goes out

add turmeric powder, sambar powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and salt

add 1/2 cup water, mix well and cook for 5 minutes in low medium flame. then add paneer cubes

combine altogether, cover and cook for 5 minutes or until the paneer masala becomes dry

thaw the puff pastry at room temperature 

add a spoon full of paneer masala

fold the pastry sheet and seal the edges by pressing with your thumb and repeat the process

preheat oven at 375 degree F

bake for 20-25 minutes or until its done

paneer puff is ready

serve hot with tomato ketchup