I wanted to try this recipe during vinayaka chatuthi itself. But somehow ended up eating the entire pooranam ;-) ;-) Basically this is a sweet puff with left over pooranam / sweet coconut filling. Its very simple and semi home made as I used the store bought off pastry sheets. As I mentioned before, these puff pastry sheets come in handy and you can make countless dishes with them
Coconut Sweet Puffs
Prep Work: Make sure the pastry sheet is in room temperature. Either you can thaw it or just keep it outside till it reaches room temperature.
For the filling: Coconut Pooranam
- Grated coconut – 1 cup
- Jaggery – 3/4 cup (Adjust according to your taste)
- Water – 1/4 cup
- Elaichi/Cardamom powder – 2 tsp
- Poppy seeds/kasa kasa – 2 tsps (optional)
- Ghee – 2 tsps
For the puff:
- Store bought pastry sheet – 1 sheet
- All purpose flour – 2 tbsps (for dusting)
- Cooking spray / oil – for binding
Steps:
Pooranam or filling:
- Heat the kadai and add ghee.
- Once its hot, add poppy seeds, if you are using.
- Let it roast for couple of minutes, then add water and jaggery.
- Let the jaggery dissolve completely and then add coconut and elaichi powder.
- Cook till the water gets evaporated and keep it aside.
Puff Process:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degree F and grease a cookie sheet or cover it with parchment paper / aluminum foil.
- Dust the surface for rolling the sheet with the flour.
- Basically I cut the sheets into 6 equal sizes and rolled them individually.
- Add 2 tbsps of pooranam in the middle and close the edges.
- Apply oil in the edges which acts as an binding agent.
- Bake them for 15 mts or until they are golden brown.
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Tempting puffs. I love the option of baking them & sure now they fall in healthy
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Puffs are so good. Love anything with coconut filling
:-) Thanks
I am sure this will be such a hit with kids and of course I would love it too!
:-) Yeah
Interesting filling in those puffs…it should taste good in the regular flour pastry too.
Oh yeah.. any flour pastry should work
wow such an delcious pooranam stuffing to the puff :) Must have tasted yumm !!
Yeah thanks
lovely puffs with sweet filling, my lo will love this
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Love the filling. I would finish off the filling even before the oven is preheated :)
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What a brilliant idea of wrapping poornam in puff pastry — east meets west in this tempting dessert :-)
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Interesting filling, am sure this puffs are dangerously addictive.
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Aaaaah, am totally in love with your easy recipes :)
Thanks yaar
I never tried sweet puffs. Nice way to use up the leftover poornam, unless one decides to eat it as it is.. :) even I would have done the same.
:-) :-) I usually end up eating the pooranam. This time I controlled myself and did this
Nice recipe and coconut filling must have tasted delicious.. Looks yumm..
Thanks Sarita.
That is a very interesting way to use the coconut filling. Baking is a healthier option too.
Yeah true
“But somehow ended up eating the entire poornam”….. Story of my life! :-D :-D
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