Puff Pastry with Spicy Potatoes

Overview
Puffs is a very common Indian snack found in all bakeries in Kerala. Puff pastry is stuffed with all different kinds of fillings like meat, egg and potatoes. I have made these Puffs a little different than the traditional way. Puffed pastry sheet is covered with spicy potato filling rolled spirally and then cut into slices and baked.

Puff Pastry with Spicy potatoes

Ingredients 
Frozen Puff pastry sheet 2
Potatoes medium size - 4
Green peas frozen - 1/2 cups
Red Onion - 1 medium finely chopped
Ginger 1 inch piece finely chopped
Garlic 3 cloves finely chopped
Green chillies - 2 -4 finely chopped
Cilantro leaves chopped 1/2 cup
Red chilly powder 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1
Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
Cumin - 1 teaspoon
Oil - 3 tablespoon
Salt to taste

Steps
1. Cook the potatoes whole in 1/2 cup water in a pressure cooker or in a heavy bottom vessel till it is cooked well. Peel the potatoes and  mash it well and keep aside.
2. Cook the frozen green peas and keep aside.
3. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil gets hot add the cumin seeds to it followed by the chopped onions, garlic, ginger and green chillies. Saute few minutes till the onions turn light brown. Add the chilly, coriander and turmeric powder to this and saute few minutes.
4. Add the mashed potatoes, green peas, lemon juice and salt to this and mix well.
5. Add chopped cilantro to this and mix well. Let this potato filling cool to room temperature.
6. Thaw the frozen puff pastry sheet to room temperature.  Spread the pastry sheet flat and add half the potato filling on it and spread all over the surface.
7. Roll the pastry sheet spirally and then cut into thick slices. Spread on a baking sheet and bake at 375 for about 10 minutes till the pastry sheet turns light brown.

Serve hot as an appetizer