Patties

Sorry for the big gaps between posts, am having a bit of a spell this week. Somehow after returning home after fetching MAF from school I am too tired,must be the heat.

Anyway, I have yet another tuna snack. It's not an authentic Maldivian snack but my mum makes this very often and I love it and so do my nieces and nephews and even my little guy. Hopefully, you haven't gotten tired of tuna. But what to do , we Maldivians survive on tuna it is part of our diet. Its smoked, cooked in curries, canned etc.

Pastry
1 1/3 cup flour sifted
2-3 tbsp butter/ margarine
salt
warm water

Filling
1 can tuna
200g potatoes, peeled , cooked
2 medium onions,sliced
3 chillies finely sliced
1" piece ginger , grated
juice of 1 lime
salt and pepper

1. Make the pastry by adding flour into a bowl, with salt, rub in margarine and then add water little by little mixing as you go till everything comes together and you get a nice smooth dough.

2. For filling, Place 1/2 of the onions into a bowl, add salt and lime juice and scrunch with your fingers till they go all soft and release their juice. Flake in the tuna add chillies, pepper, and ginger and mix well.

3. Heat a frying pan or a wok with oil and stir fry the remaining onions till nice and soft and translucent and just turning colour. Add the fish mixture and cook till you get a nice aroma. switch off.

4. Mix in the potatoes and mix well. let it cool.

5. If you have those curry puff cutters use those to make the pastries, if you don't have one, use a fork to seal the edges. To make the patties, divide the dough into small balls and roll each ball into a small thin circle. Add some filling ( 1 tsp ), brush some water around the edges fold in half and press the sides with a fork.

7. Bake in a hot oven, about 220 degrees Celsius till nice and golden.

Ps if you don't like tuna, make it all vegetarian by using potatoes and green peas.