Samosa

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Description

Samosa is a popular crispy snack or chat item, pastry shell stuffed with potato and peas filling and deep fried.

Ingredients-1
2 cup

Maida

2 tbsp

Dalda/ghee

½ tsp

Salt

½ tsp

Tymol seeds

½ cup

Water (approx)

Ingredients-2
1 no

Potato

½ cup

Green peas

½ no

Onion

½ tsp

Ginger

¼ tsp

Cumin seeds

6 nos

Coriander seeds

2 pinch

Turmeric powder

¼ tsp

Red chilli powder

2 pinch

Mango powder

3 pinch

Garam masala powder

2 tsp

Coriander leaves (finely chopped)

¼ tsp

Salt (or to taste)

2 tsp

Oil (for sauteing)

5 cup

Oil (for deep frying)

Instructions


To make the filling, boil potatoes and green peas with a pinch of salt until they are fully cooked. Drain all the water and keep them aside. Heat little oil add cumin seeds and toast for a while, then add finely chopped onions and ginger and saute until translucent. Now add the cooked potatoes and green peas along with turmeric powder, dry mango powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, chopped coriander leaves and salt. Mash everything with a flat ladle and cook for a couple of minutes until it turns into a dry mixture. Do not add water, let this cool completely.


To make the pastry shell, sift the maida, tymol seeds(Ajwain) and salt in a bowl, add dalda/ghee to it and mix until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs, now by slowly adding water gather to make a stiff dough. Knead the dough on a clean work surface by applying oil to your hands for say about 10 minutes, until it turns very soft. Put the soft dough in the bowl, apply little oil to coat and close it with a plate, set aside for 30 minutes.


To make the samosa, first knead the pastry dough which has been sitting for 1/2 hour, divide them into 4 portions and put hem under to a kitchen towel to avoid drying. Take one portion , dust the work surface with little maida, and roll it into a circular shape , cut that into half. By taking one half fold to form a cone , apply little water at the over lapping seam and glue. Fill the cone with a spoon of potato filling and again seal the open edges with water. Repeat the same process and make more samosas. Meanwhile heat oil in a kadai, keeping the flame on medium. Deep fry the samosas in batches, do not over crowd. Always fry them on low heat until they turn golden and crispy on the outside. Drain excess oil with a paper towel and serve with tomato ketchup or mint coriander chutney.


Notes

Fry the samosas on medium flame, this will make the outer and inter crust to cook evenly and make it crispy.

Tymol seeds - Check glossary.

Vote Result
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Score: 6.3, Votes: 6

Nice recipe. Can i use all

Nice recipe.

Can i use all purpose flour instead of maida? Is there any substitute for mango powder? Under the ingredients-2 you have mentioned coriander seeds. Should we use that in this recipe?

very tasty

very tasty

can we store these in the

can we store these in the freezer and then fry it when required ?

Lalikrish, you can freeze..

Lalikrish, you can freeze.. thats not a problem. See that you wrap them individually in a wax paper or parchment paper before storing. If free-zed together they will stick and while thawing, the dough will stick and rip the samosas and stuffing will come out. Try freezing a couple of them and fry after thawing. Test the taste and texture and then go for it. My advice, fresh  the better... bcos sometimes freezing may cause the dough absorb more oil.

i used to try samosas with

i used to try samosas with the samosa sheet which i get outside...now after seeing ur recipe wan to try it my self...sure will let u know ...thank u mullai...

hey mullai, can we make

hey mullai,
can we make samosa using spring roll sheet.....if so just explain how do we fold the sheet.....
thanks,
namratha

Namratha, No harm in trying

Namratha,

No harm in trying for a quick snack. But remember it will taste different, as its got egg in it. I guess spring roll sheets looks square shaped, so cut them into four small sqauares. Stuff each square with little masala and fold diagonally to make a triangle. Seal with water and deep fry. Hope this helps and thanks sooooo much for all your comments.

Mullai,thanks alot the

Mullai,
thanks alot the quick reply.....i am cleared with my doubt and will try it out soon.....keep posting such good recipes....

how many samosas does this

how many samosas does this serve because one potato is not that much, thanks

Very well written and

Very well written and explained recipe.

What kind of measurement is

What kind of measurement is no.
1 no potato?
Pl. reply.
Thanks
Kumud

Hello Kumud, 1 no(number)

Hello Kumud, 1 no(number) or 1 potato.

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