Custard Canapes

1 cup maida flour
2 tsp ghee or butter
2 tsp powdered sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Cold water to make dough
Ghee or butter for frying
2 cups milk
2 tbsp custard powder
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp butter
1/4 cup chopped nuts
To prepare custard cream:
Boil 1 1/2 cups milk and dilute custard powder with the remaining 1/2 cup milk. Lower heat, add sugar and diluted custard powder gradually to the milk and stir till thick. Stir for a minute more and remove from the fire. Mix in butter.

1. Sieve the flour, rub in ghee, mix in salt, sugar and cold water to knead into a stiff dough.
2. Roll out thin puris, shape the rolled out puris over round or square patty tins rubbed with oil and cut off the extra puri. Stick edges with water.
3. Fry puris with moulds, they will slowly slip out of mould while retaining shape. Take the mould out.
4. Fry the canapes till golden brown. When cool, fill with custard cream & nuts and serve.
   Serves: 10