Last calendar month I went to an consequence where to a greater extent than or less 100 attendees brought 100 bite-size pieces of their fusion nutrient (appetizer, dessert, etc). The creative combinations they came upward amongst blew my mind. After thinking for weeks, I had in conclusion decided on taking green curry flavored paneer empanada equally my fusion dish.
I grew upward inward Bangkok, Thailand, as well as that's where the inspiration behind my recipe came from. I used the authentic vegetarian dark-green curry paste brought from Thailand. To add together fusion to a Thai dark-green curry paste, I used homemade paneer (Indian), as well as to fusion-ize it further, I shaped them similar empanada (a impact of Latin America). Since the subject of the consequence was ‘green’, I used spinach puree to add together color the piddling cuties.
Green Curry Paneer Empanada Recipe
Ingredients –
Makes virtually 30-40 minor empanadas
For the color:
three cups spinach, rinsed
1 ½ loving cup water
>> Boil H2O inward a saucepan. When it comes to a rolling boil, immerse all the spinach. Let boil for 1 minute, as well as thus strain the H2O – reserve the H2O as well as permit the spinach cool down. Then gradually using piddling of the reserved water, grind spinach into a thin, fine paste.
For the crust:
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ tsp salt
1 Tbsp oil
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Spinach puree from above, as required (to knead)
>> In a medium bowl, mix flour + salt. Rub crude into the flour. Mix inward lemon juice. Gradually add together spinach puree equally required to shape into a soft dough. Do non over-knead. Cover as well as refrigerate for xxx minutes. If yous exercise non wishing to color the dough, occupation H2O inward identify of puree. You could add together to a greater extent than or less rice flour or semolina flour along amongst all-purpose flour for a to a greater extent than crusty crust.
For the filling:
1 tsp oil
1 loving cup onion, finely chopped
2 Tbsp garlic, finely chopped
1 loving cup bell pepper, finely chopped
2-4 Tbsp dark-green curry paste
1 tsp soy sauce + tabular array salt to taste
Few fresh or dried basil leaves, optional
2 cups kokosnoot milk
2 cups paneer, crumbled
2 Tbsp cilantro, finely chopped
2 Tbsp lemon juice
Cornstarch paste: mix 1 tsp cornstarch + 2 tsp H2O inward a minor bowl
Procedure –
1. In a medium pan on medium heat, add together oil. When hot, add together onion as well as saut̩. When onion translucent, add together garlic as well as mix. Then add together bell pepper as well as mix. Add dark-green curry paste, lightly saut̩, as well as thus add together soy sauce + basil leaves if using + kokosnoot milk mixing inward good amongst the glue to convey no lumps remaining. Taste to accommodate spice, salt, as well as the dark-green curry flavour Рadd together to a greater extent than equally required. Cook until mixture reduces to a thick, dry out filling. In the end, add together paneer + cilantro + lemon juice, mix inward well, as well as allow to cool. The mixture should non convey whatsoever wet when stuffing into the dough, thus gear upward it longer if required.
2. Divide the dough inward two, gyre out ane component of the dough to a 2 mm thickness as well as maintain the other component covered. Using a cookie cutter to your desired size or steel drinking glass or bowl amongst abrupt edges, cutting out circles from the dough. Bring the remaining pieces of the dough together to gyre out ane time to a greater extent than as well as cutting out circles again.
3. Place a minor total of filling inward the middle of each circle. You could occupation a criterion spoon to scoop as well as occupation equal total of filling inward each empanada. Apply a piddling cornstarch glue on ane business office of the semi-circle. Bring ane border on transcend of another. Press, as well as thus using a fork seal the edges too equally create a pattern. Similarly gear upward a minor batch of the empanadas as well as maintain covered.
4. Heat crude for deep-frying. Deep-fry the empanadas, occasionally rotating to nipper evenly. Prepare the remaining empanadas, deep-fry, as well as drain all on an absorbent paper.
Notes:
- Different brands of dark-green curry glue may gustation differently. If yours requires to a greater extent than spice, sauté to a greater extent than or less finely chopped dark-green chilies along amongst garlic.
- If yous don't wishing to construct dough at home, occupation store-bought puff pastry sheet, cutting inward circles or squares, operate on equally mentioned above, brush amongst to a greater extent than or less butter or crude as well as bake them instead of frying.
- Feel gratis to occupation whatsoever other filling of your selection using this same concept!
Since these green curry paneer empanadas are spicy on their own, as well as convey a distinct flavour of dark-green curry, pairing them amongst whatsoever form of chutney would diminish their unique taste. Enjoy these empanadas hot or cold, equally they are appetizing either ways.
Enjoy.
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