Spiral Curry Puff - a buttery, flaky reminder of home

i absolutely love curry puffs - deep fried (ok, i love most things that crisp up in hot oil) pastry filled with potatoes and other ingredients such as chicken, onions, hard boiled egg mixed in with an aromatic blend of southeast asian spices. back home, such treats can be found almost everywhere. there's the malay version epok epok, the chain store version and the many mom and pop versions. of course, finding these treats here is near impossible so i took up the challenge of making it from scratch. images of how my terribly failed attempt to make croissants haunted me but i was comforted by the fact i'm in a much drier and cooler country (read: less likely for butter dough to break through to make an oily mess).

i wanted to share my recipe, but due to the lack of pictures capturing the process, i decided to just post the final product