Here is a simple crunchy savory Beetroot Veg Puffs made extra easy with ready-to-use frozen puff pastry.
They can always be made with left-over beets or any veggies that you would like to add into your puff filling. One can even pack these for lunch as take-away for picnics, outings or when going for a trek.
Puff Pastry – 1 pack ready-to-use, thaw it as per instructions on package (*see notes)
They look super delicious with a lovely golden color on top.
Beetroot Vegetarian Puffs
Beetroot Puffs with ready-to-use frozen puff pastry. Add desired veggies and pack them for picnics, lunch or outings during summer.
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 500 g puff pastry
- 1 egg (egg wash)
Filling
- 1 tbsp veg oil / ghee
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 small potatoes
- ¼ cup water
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 small tomato
- ½ green bell pepper / red bell pepper
- 1 medium beetroot
- ½ tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- Salt to taste
- ⅛ cup green peas
- 1 tsp red chili powder (optional)
Instructions
Pastry Filling
- Peel and Chop the onion and the potatoes. Heat a pan with 1 tbsp veg oil / ghee, fry the 1 small onion till translucent, add 2 small potatoes sprinkle some salt. Fry for 1-2 minutes, add 1/4 cup water. Cover and cook on medium-low until potatoes are soft by piercing it with fork. We do not want the gravy to be runny so make sure not to add too much water. Meantime, while the potatoes cook prepare the rest of the ingredients1 tbsp veg oil / ghee, 1 small onion, 2 small potatoes
- Add chopped 2 cloves garlic and 1 small tomato. Fry for a minute then add green peppers and 1 medium beetroot, salt. You can now add 1/8 cup green peas. Fry for 2-3 minutes2 cloves garlic, 1 small tomato, 1/2 green bell pepper / red bell pepper, 1 medium beetroot, Salt to taste, 1/8 cup green peas
- Mix the spices such as 1 tsp garam masala powder and 1/2 tbsp coriander powder. We prefer non-spicy so haven’t added any chili powder.Cook for another 3-4 minutes, check for salt. Turn off heat and set aside while you get the puff pastry ready.1/2 tbsp coriander powder, 1 tsp garam masala powder, 1 tsp red chili powder (optional)
Pastry puff
- I used the whole pack of 500 g puff pastry. If it is sticky, powder the work surface and the pastry with All-purpose flour. Flatten the pastry using a roller pin to get a rectangular shape, it doesn’t matter if its thick. Cut out the uneven edges. I divided this into 4 equal parts.Meantime, pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Deciding on how you want to fold it, fill one side of each pastry with the veg mixture leaving some gap on the edge to seal it.
- Once you are done with filling brush the edges with egg wash by painting with egg mixture using a brush. Fold them and press to seal, you can also use a fork. Roll the left over pastry, fill it, brush the egg wash and bring the edges together to seal it.
- They look super delicious with a lovely golden color on top.
Notes
The puff pastry is usually stored in the freezer. The package that I used says it needs to be kept outside for 10 minutes before flattening it in order to make it easier to handle. I had almost forgotten that I had kept the pastry out on the kitchen counter for too long for about 45 minutes and when I opened, it was slightly sticky and less manageable. I used flour while flattening it making it more easier to roll. So make sure to read the package instructions before using it.
- Go for second round of baking for left over pastry puffs.
- if your wondering what to do with left over unpeeled beets, wrap it in cling wrap to store and use it next time to prepare beetroot rice
