A cross between parathas, pupusas and lángos.

It started out by settling on a recipe for West Indian potato patties (I suppose, originally Aloo Parathas), but in the process of recipe searching I also looked at a video of how they make pupusas. So I ended up with another fusion recipe that can be varied with all kinds of fillings, possibly even dessert types, like berries or grated apples, in that case, of course, sprinkled with icing sugar instead of serving it with salsa.

But I am getting ahead of myself. This is what I made:
















Dough

* 2 cups flour
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 cup water
* oil

Filling

* 4 cups water
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 lb potato, cooked and mashed
* 1 small onion, finely chopped
* 1 green onion, very finely chopped
* 2 garlic cloves, crushed
* 2 teaspoons ground cumin
* 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
* 1/2 teaspoon paprika
* 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon pepper
* 1 hot red pepper, seeded & minced
* 4 cups vegetable oil (for deep frying)


In a bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder. Add enough water to form dough and knead. Let rest while preparing the filling.

In another bowl mix all the filling ingredients. In my case, I waited with the hot red pepper, I made a few first for my MIL, then I went all out and made the filling fiery hot for the rest of the gang.

I rolled the dough first into a long rope, I sliced it into largish golf ball sized chunks, then I took each ball and with oiled hands I flattened them as a saw it in the pupusa video. (Not as skillfully, though...) Then I placed a little filling in it, pinched it together well, flattened it a bit in my hands, then placed it pinched side down on the table and patted it to about 1/3 inch (1/2 cm) thick disk. I slipped this into a pan of hot oil set to medium hot and let it turn golden, turning it over once, while I prepared the next patty.

Drain them on paper towels, and serve hot with a good fresh salsa and sour cream or yogurt.