Egg Puffs

Puffs : the very thought of it makes me my eyes pop. Egg puffs are one of the things I worried about missing , when i moved to US. I always thought puffs are the secret recipes of our Indian bakeries. Imagine my delight, when i saw the golden crisp vegetable puff my friend made one day. :) Bless her and the recipe sites which helped me make my own puffs thereafter.
Its a very simple recipe if we get those puff-pastry sheets.

Preparation Time : 45 mins ( to thaw )
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Makes 12

Ingredients: 

Puff Pastry Sheets(Frozen) - 1 packet ( it has 2 sheets )
Eggs - 6
Onion - 1 medium, sliced thinly lengthwise
Tomato - ¼ cup or 1 small, chopped
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Chicken masala powder - 1 tsp or egg masala powder
Coriander Powder - 1 tsp
Cilantro - 1 cup, chopped
Salt
Oil

Procedure :

1. Thaw the puff pastry sheets for about 45 minutes or as per the instructions on the carton. 
2. Pre-heat oven at 400o F.
3. Hard boil the eggs and keep it aside.
4. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a kadai and saute onion to pink. 
5. Add the tomato and let it cook.
6. Now add turmeric and rest of the masala powders - chilli powder, garam masala, coriander powder, cumin powder and chicken masala powder. 
7. Adjust Salt.
8. Give it a good mix and let the masala powders cook for about 5 mins. 
9. The End result should be nicely cooked-brown semi-gravy.
10. Garnish with chopped cilantro and let this cool for about 5 -10 mins while you peel the shell of the eggs.
11. Slice the eggs into halves.
12. Cut the thawed pastry sheets into squares, big enough to wrap the egg. The sheets are roll-able like chapathi dough. 
13. Take a piece, Keep a spoon of the onion gravy, half of the egg on one side of the sheet and fold the other half  over it. 
14. Or you can keep the gravy and egg in the centre of the square and bring the corners to the centre. 
15. The other option is folding the sheet diagonally. 
16. Either of the above ways, make sure you press the folding sides to one another to wrap it fully.
17. Prepare the same way for rest of the sheet. 
18. Keep them in a baking pan and keep it in pre-heated oven for 15 mins. 
19. Take it out after 15 mins and cut it in to halves, to serve.

Crispy hot egg puffs are ready to relish. Serve with Ketchup :)

Notes :

• Before keeping the puff in oven, you may brush it with egg yolk. This gives a nice golden brown shade to the puff. 
• You can alternate the filling with vegetables, mushroom , channa etc instead of egg, as desired. 
• You get puff pastry sheets in any of the departmental stores in frozen food section. 1 packet has 2 sheets. folded into 3 strips. The strips can be cut into half and used for 12 puffs. These sheets are like chapati dough, we can roll it according to the requirement. 
• If making veggie or any other filling puffs, you may cut the strips into 3 and roll it accordingly. Egg need more space thus we cut the sheet-strips into half. 
• Do not roll too much; a very thin sheet might get burnt in the oven. The sheets need to be considerably thick. (experience speaking ;) )