Samosa or ‘singara’ as we Bengalis call it, is almost a national savoury item throughout India. You can find hot samosas in every corner of the country.
It’s a fried savoury pastry which can be stuffed with your favourite vegetables. Though the calorie content is a little more but hey, it’s yummy and sometimes you can indulge.
So let’s get started.
Hot Fried Samosa
Recipe Type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 10 samosas
Indian snack – perfect for any evening
Ingredients
- For the pastry
- All-purpose flour (Maida) – 1 cup
- Vegetable oil – 1 tsp
- Ajwain (carom seeds) – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Water for kneading the dough
- For the Stuffing
- Potatoes – 4 boiled, peeled & mashed
- Peas – ½ cup boiled
- Green chillies – 2 finely chopped
- Salt – to taste
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tspn
- Red chili powder – ¼ tspn
- Coriander leaves – 1 tblspn finely chopped
- Dry mango Powder (amchur powder) – ½ tspn
- For frying
- Vegetable oil – for deep frying
Instructions
- Sieve the flour, add ajwain & salt and add water to knead soft dough. Keep it aside and let it rest
- In a wok take 1 tspn oil and mix the mashed potato, peas and spices and cook for 3 mins
- Now the tricky part – Stuffing the samosa
- Roll out small discs from the flour dough and cut them from the middle to have a semi circular shape
- Make a cone shape by folding along the straight line. Line it with water so that it sticks well
- Stuff this cone with the potato mixture
- Now stick the other end to close the cone [this folding definitely requires practise, so if it’s a little crooked don’t worry]
- When all cones are ready deep fry them in hot oil until golden brown
Notes
You can make stuffings of your choice, try stuffing with other vegetables or even ground meat! Enjoy the hot samosa with a charred tomato & garlic sauce or just simple ketchup.
You can make stuffings of your choice, try stuffing with other vegetables or even ground meat! Enjoy the hot samosa with a charred tomato & garlic sauce or just simple ketchup.
Happy Cooking!
Bass itna bolunga munh mein pani aa gaya 🙂 Yummy