*Pastry:
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1/2 cup butter
5-6 Tbsp cold water
*You can buy it from the frozen section of the supermarket , but they are costly. Try making one at home. Otherwise use puff pastry. If you decide to use puff pastry then don't fry, just bake.
For the pastry:
Combine well the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl.
Cut in butter to the flour mixture with pastry cutter or two butter knives until particles are pea-sized.
Add water a tablespoon at a time while tossing the flour mixture with a fork until all the flour is moistened and can be formed into a ball. Press the dough ball while turning a few times to incorporate all the flour in.
Wrap in plastic cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Filling: Make "Baigan ka Bharta" from one 1 pound Eggplant. Make sure that it is very dry.
To assemble:
Preheat oven to 400F. Remove cling film from the dough and flatten with a rolling pin on a floured table or surface and shape into a log. Cut a piece and form into a ball about the size of a golf ball (1-inch in diameter).
Flatten on the surface and roll out thinly into more or less a round shape.
Put a heaping tablespoon of the filling mixture on the rolled out dough . Pull one end or half of the dough over the other forming a half-circle shape.
Seal edges by pinching by hand or with the tines of fork while cutting excess dough in the process. Repeat with the rest of the dough and fillings.
Arrange empanadas on a lightly greased baking sheet and brush tops with egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 tsp milk).
Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes. Remove and serve warm or cold.
*Note: You may also deep-fry the empanadas instead of baking
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