Dough circles are pressed into canapé molds, stacked and tied together, then deep-fried and allowed to rest before spooning in delicious fillings before serving!

This has been on my bucket list for a long time – I made the baked Forminha cases years ago but always wanted to make a video about the fried version which is crispy and more traditional. In Mumbai and Goa you can purchase these shells making it very easy to whip up a batch of these canapes, but since I wouldn’t know where to find them, I decided to make them myself. It’s not hard to whip up a batch, economical and you can customize it anyway you wish.

Make ahead and store

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Dough
  • 2 cups all purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 3 tbsps butter
  • 1/2 cup Water or as required
Vegetable Filling
  • * Salted Water
  • * 1/2 cup cubed Potatoes
  • * 1/2 cup diced Carrots
  • * 1/2 cup frozen Peas
  • * Salt and Pepper
  • * 1/4 cup finely diced Onion
  • * 1/4 cup Parsley
  • * 3 tbsps Mayonnaise
Tuna filling
  • * 120 gms drained canned Tuna
  • * Salt & Pepper
  • * 1 tbsp Mustard
  • * 1 tbsp Parsley
  • * I tbsp diced Spring Onion
  • * 1 tbsp finely diced Red Pepper
  • * 2 tbsps Mayonnaise

Method
 

Dough
  1. Add the salt and butter to the flour and work it till crumbly
  2. Add water a little at a time and knead
  3. Cover the dough with cling film and leave it alone for 15 – 20 mins
  4. Roll out the dough till it’s only a few mm thick
  5. Using a 7 cms in diameter cookie cutter cut out circles
  6. Press the dough into the molds and stack adding an empty case on top
  7. Turn over and secure with kitchen string
  8. Heat the oil and fry in batches till the shells are golden brown, then remove and cool before unmolding
  9. Spoon in the filling and serve
Vegetable Filling
  1. Prepare the vegetable filling by cooking the potatoes first, followed by the carrots and then the peas
  2. Allow to drain and cool
  3. Once completely cool add the salt, pepper onion, parsley and mayonnaise and mix well
Tuna Filling
  1. Prepare the tuna fish filling by adding salt & pepper followed by the mustard, parsley, spring onion, red pepper and mayonnaise, mix well and keep aside