This recipe is very close to my heart, I have grown up eating it and it was my mother’s go to recipe for a quick snack with just three simple ingredients. It is vegan friendly so everyone can enjoy it.

The recipe consists of two different sections: The shell and the filling.

Ingredients you will need:

For the pouch you will need:

1 cup of all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon sugar

1 tablespoon oil

1 and 1/2 cups of warm water

What you need to do:

Mix all the above ingredients into smooth dough and add more flour if you need. It would be fairly stiff dough. Keep aside wrapped in plastic.

For the filling you will need:

1 cup grated coconut

1 jalapeno chopped

1 medium sized onion chopped (about 1/2 cup)

1 teaspoon salt

What you need to do:

Mix all the above ingredients.

To make the pouch you will need enough neutral oil to deep fry, the oil will not be infused with any smell so it can be reused.
Divide the dough into small balls about 1 inch in diameter.
Flour your work surface and roll the little balls into circles just like wanton wrappers.
Now place the rolled out circle into your palm and scoop in 1 tablespoon of the filling.
Fold the circle into half to make a pouch and pinch the open side together. You can use water as an adhesive.
After making all the pouches, deep fry them until they get golden brown. This should happen fairly soon, in about 2 minutes.
Drain the excess oil from the pouches onto an absorbent paper and serve it hot.

Tips:

Store bought wanton wrappers are a time saver.

Add salt to the filling when you are ready to make the pouches or else they will release water and the pouches will fall apart.