Thai Curry Puffs Karipap Thai 🥟🌶️
By RichardObradovic |
Pies and Doughs |
Thai |
Mar 27, 2026 |
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Description
Thai Curry Puffs are flaky hand pies filled with curried potato, onion, and warm spices, baked or fried until golden and crisp. The pastry is buttery and layered while the filling stays soft, fragrant, and gently sweet savory with unmistakable Thai character. 🌿
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Flaky pastry, warm curry filling, and soft potatoes make Thai curry puffs one of the most comforting and addictive Thai dough snacks ever made. 🥟
Ingredients
- Pastry dough
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- 🌾 300 g all purpose flour (2½ cups / 10.5 oz)
- 🧈 120 g cold butter, cubed (½ cup / 4.2 oz)
- 🧂 3 g salt (½ tsp / 0.1 oz)
- 💧 90 ml cold water (6 tbsp / 3 fl oz)
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- Filling
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- 🥔 250 g potato, small cubes (2 cups / 8.8 oz)
- 🧅 120 g onion, finely chopped (1 cup / 4.2 oz)
- 🧄 10 g garlic, minced (3 cloves / 0.35 oz)
- 🌶️ 12 g yellow curry powder (1 tbsp / 0.42 oz)
- 🍬 8 g sugar (2 tsp / 0.28 oz)
- 🧂 3 g salt (½ tsp / 0.1 oz)
- ⚪ 1 g white pepper (¼ tsp / 0.04 oz)
- 🫒 20 ml vegetable oil (1 tbsp + 1 tsp / 0.7 fl oz)
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- Assembly
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- 🥚 1 egg for sealing and brushing
Preparation
- 1️⃣ Make the dough
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- Rub flour, cold butter, and salt together until crumbly, then add cold water and mix into a smooth dough. 🧈
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- 2️⃣ Rest the dough
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- Wrap the dough and chill for 30 min so it becomes easier to roll and stays flaky. 🛋
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- 3️⃣ Cook the filling
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- Heat oil in a pan, cook onion and garlic 2–3 min, then add potato, curry powder, sugar, salt, white pepper, and a splash of water and cook until tender. 🌶️
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- 4️⃣ Cool the filling
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- Let the curry filling cool completely so it does not soften the pastry too early. ❄️
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- 5️⃣ Roll the dough
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- Roll out the dough and cut into rounds about 10–12 cm (4–4¾ in) wide. 🌾
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- 6️⃣ Fill and fold
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- Place filling in the center, brush the edge with egg, fold into a half moon, and crimp tightly. 🥟
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- 7️⃣ Bake the puffs
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- Brush with egg and bake at 190°C (375°F) for 22 min until golden and crisp. 🔥
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- 8️⃣ Cool and serve
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- Let the curry puffs rest 5 min before serving so the pastry sets and the filling stays inside. 🍽️
Total Time
🕒 Prep: 20 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 32 min
🛋 Rest: 35 min
⏰ Total: 87 min
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