Indonesian Fried Pastry (Pastel Goreng). Pastel goreng or fried puff pastry is one of the famous Indonesian snack. It's a type of savory and deep fried snack. This fried pastry looks similar to an empanadas, Puerto Rican pasteles, English pasties, or Malaysian curry puff.
Ingredients of Indonesian Fried Pastry (Pastel Goreng)
- It’s of For the filling:.
- You need of Cooked vermicelli.
- Prepare of Boiled potatoes (finely chopped).
- It’s of Chopped carrot (I don’t).
- You need of Chopped celery.
- You need of Chopped onion or shallots.
- You need of Chopped green onion.
- You need of Garlic powder.
- Prepare of Pepper.
- It’s of Chicken powder.
- Prepare of Sugar.
- It’s of Nutmeg.
- It’s to taste of Salt.
- Prepare of Sliced of hard boiled egg.
- Prepare of For the Pastry:.
- It’s 200 g of flour.
- You need 75 g of butter.
- You need 50 ml of cold water.
- Prepare 1 of egg white.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of sugar.
- It’s of Oil for frying.
In Indonesia this fried pastry called "Pastel Goreng". Pastel goreng or fried puff pastry is one of the famous Indonesian snack. It's a type of savory and deep fried snack. This fried pastry loo… Indonesian Fried Pastry (Pastel Goreng) step by step.
Indonesian Fried Pastry (Pastel Goreng) instructions
- For the filling: Heat up the oil and fry the onion until fragrant..
- Add celery, keep sauted until the celery is done..
- Add the potatoes and vermicelli. Then season with, garlic, pepper, nutmeg, chicken powder, sugar, and salt..
- Mixed well and cooked through. Last one sprinkle with green onion. Mix well, taste it, and leave aside to cool.
- For the Pastry: I am using a stand mixer. Mixed the flour, sugar, salt, and butter until butter is no longer bigger than peas..
- Slowly add white egg. Then add water little by little. Until the Pastry smooth and ready to rolls..
- Take it out from the mixer bowl. Knead well and roll up in to a ball shape, cover with a cling wrap and let it rest for at least 1/2 hour..
- Roll the dough into 1/4cm thin and cut into a cylinder. You can rolling use rolling pin or pasta roller machine..
- To finishing: Take one pastry and place a spoonful of filling in the center. Add one sliced of hard boiled egg, fold it, seam and press the end to seal. Use a fork to tighter it or you can twist it. (Mine I use the pastry mold, and I brushed the edges with egg white to seal it).
- Heat the oil. Fry the pastry until golden brown on each side..
- Place fried pastry on a parchment paper to drain the oil..
- Served warm along with spicy peanut dipping sauce or with fresh Thai chili 🌶 Enjoy 😊.
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For the filling: Heat up the oil and fry the onion until fragrant. Add celery, keep sauted until the celery is done. Then season with, garlic, pepper, nutmeg, chicken powder, sugar, and salt. Pastel Goreng (Indonesian Fried Pastry) This is my favorite snack. fried pastry filled with vegetables, egg and chopped meat. You see the filling is quite heavy, so sometimes I eat this as my lunch.