Samosa recipe

In this post I am going to share my recipe of crispy and tangy Samosa's

Video recipe :-

Makes: 15 samosas

Ingredients :-

For samosa dough:

• All purpose flour/maida -2 1/2 cup
• Ghee/clarified butter      - 3 tbsp 
• Cooking oil                    -3 tbsp
• Ajwain /Carom seeds     -1/4 tsp
• Salt                                - 1/2 tsp

Process:

• Take maida/ all purpose flour in a bowl
• Add ghee, oil,ajwain and salt to maida and mix well 
• Add water to make dough, dough should not be very hard or soft
• Cover the dough with wet cloth and keep it aside

For samosa filling:

• Ghee/cooking oil  - 2 tbsp
• Green peas           - 1/2 cup
• 5 boiled and mashed potatoes
• Cumin/jeera          -1/2 tsp
• 4 green chillies chopped
• Ginger paste         -1 tsp
• Coriander powder -1 tsp
• Turmeric powder  -1/2 tsp
• Aamchur powder(according to taste)  -1 tsp
• Red chilli powder(according to taste) -1/2 tsp
• Salt(according to taste)
• Roasted cumin powder                       - 1  tsp
• Garam masala powder                        -1 /2 tsp

Process:

• Heat ghee / oil in a pan
• Add cumin and stir
• Add green chillies and ginger paste and stir , add coriander powder, turmeric powder, aamchur powder, red chilli powder  and stir
• Add green peas and salt , cook for 1 min
• Add boiled/ mashed potatoes and mix well , add roasted cumin powder and garam masala powder  and mix well and cook for 2 min  
• Turn off the heat, the filling is ready

Process for assembling samosas:

• Divide the dough to make equal size balls
• Roll the dough as shown in to circle of medium thickness
• Cut each circle in half
• Brush the edges with little water , fold it to make a cone shape and squeeze the edges to make a tight seal
• Place filling inside each cone
• Brush the inside edge of the cone with water and press the edges to make tight seal and repeat this process for each one and place all samosa in  a plate until ready to fry
• Heat oil in a pan/kadai on medium heat, and put samosa one by one in oil. 
• Flip samosa occasionally, when one side starts turning brown, flip it to get even colour on both sides 
• Take it out on a paper towel to soak excess oil, and its ready to serve