Samosa

Submitted by Mamta Mohnot Aug 21, 2014 No comments 9,143 views 1 fav

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Fried pastry with potato and peas filling.

Prep time 30 mins

Cook time 30 mins

Serves 5-6

CuisineNorth Indian

CourseStarters

DifficultyMedium

DietaryVegetarian

Main Ingredients Potato, Capsicum

Samosa is one of the most loved snacks in India. I have seen people from other countries try it and fall in love with it. It is an effort taking dish but the end result is worth every minute that you will spend. So, be it a party or just an evening snack, this is one of the evergreen dishes.

Ingredients

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3 cups maida
4 big size potato(boiled)
3 tbsp peas
1/2 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/2 inch grated ginger
1 green chilli chopped finely
3/4 cup oil for deep frying
few coriander leaves finely chopped
salt according to taste

Samosa Ingredients

Steps

Seive maida in a bowl. Add salt and oil and mix well.
Kneed a semi hard dough by adding water little at a time.
Cover it with a moist cloth and leave it for about 30 mins.
Mash the boiled potatoes roughly with your hands
Heat oil in a frying pan. When hot add cumin seeds.
Add grated ginger and chopped green chilli.
Add coriander powder, red chili powder and stir it.
Add the mash potatoes, peas and salt and mix well
Stir it for about a min and then add garam masala, lemon juice and coriander leaves. Mix it and switch off the gas stove.
To make the samosas, take the dough and knead it well once again.
Make 8 equal size balls out of it.
Take one ball and roll it like a chapati of 8 to 10 inches.
Cut it into 2 equal half with a knife. Fold one half into a cone shape and stick the ends with water.
Fill the cone with the stuffing and make sure to fill the tip of a cone with a pea or little potato so that it forms a good shape.
Wet the circumference of the cone with the water. Using your fingertips stick it together and make a pleat in the center to form the back bone of samosa. Now fold it to form a triangle.
Repeat the process for rest of the dough.
Heat oil in a frying pan for frying the samosa. Fry all the samosa on the medium heat . Drop in the samosa gently into the oil and fry both the sides until golden brown.