Pavva paneer or Empanadas

Empanada is stuffed bread or pastry baked or fried.
Empanadas are made by folding dough or bread with stuffing consisting with a variety of meat, cheese, vegetables, fruits and others.

Preparation time : one hour
Makes : 12

Ingredients :

Maida (or) All purpose flour : 1 cup
Room temperature Butter : 1 Tbsp +  3 Tbsp
Salt : 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice : 1 Tbsp
For Stuffing :
Paneer : 1/2 cup
Cheese : 3 slices
Capsicum : 1/2 (medium size)
Onion : 1/2 cup (chopped)
Coriander leaves : 2 Tbsp
Chili powder : to taste
Chili sauce : 1 Tbsp
Tomato ketchup : 1 Tbsp
Sabji masala : 1 Tbsp (or any other masala that's in your kitchen)
Salt : to taste

Method :

Take a bowl. Add flour, one Tbsp of butter , salt and mix it good so that all butter is incorporated in the flour.
Now add lemon juice and mix it once again.
Add water and make a nice dough. (dough should not be too soft or not too hard, it should be medium)
Cover it and let it rest for some time.

Take a bowl, add all the ingredients listed under stuffing.
Check for the taste.
Keep this aside.

Now take the dough .
Flour your surface , and roll your dough into a thin sheet.
Use more flour if needed, so it doesn't stick to the surface while rolling.
Apply a layer of butter on top of the sheet,
Then sprinkle flour on top (i.e a thin layer of flour on top).

Now roll the sheet into a log.
Keep this in fridge for one hour or so.( For the butter to be hard a bit and to rest the dough)

After 1/2 hour or one hour take the dough out and cut it into one inch pieces .

Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
Roll these into a roti like round (Not too thin, not too thick)

Put 2 tsp of stuffing in centre, apply little water on the edge and seal the edges.

Bake it in oven for 10 to 15 mins or until its golden brown in colour.

(Or you can even deep fry these if you want)

Yummy and mouth watering pavva paneer or Empanadas are ready to serve...
Serve them hot .....
Enjoy your dish :)
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