Combine sugar, salt, oil and water in a sauce pot, cook until sugar has melted. Add in steamed taro, mash into paste, cook over medium-low heat until the liquid is drying up. Set aside to cool.
Divide filling into 10 portions (30 g each).
Preparing dough for puff skin:
Mix together plain flour and salt, then rub margarine into flour mixture.
Add in water, knead until a dough is formed. Add in cooking oil, knead until well blended.
Divide dough into 10 portions (30 g each), cover with cling wrap, rest for 10 minutes.
Making Taro Paste Puff:
Flatten dough into oblong shape with rolling pin, top with taro paste filling, fold into half, seal and pleat the edges.
Preheat 700 ml of cooking oil to 170°C/340°F, turn to medium heat, deep-fry taro paste puffs until golden brown.
Put fried taro puffs on a strainer ladle to drain off the oil.
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Notes
This recipe yields a 10 pieces of taro puffs. The nutritional value for reference is for 1 piece of taro puff.