Delicious veggie dishes from all over the world: SAMOSA

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

SAMOSA

Chatpata Samosas !

Samosa is a very famous spicy appetizer from Indian cuisine. It is shaped like a triangle and normally stuffed with potatoes, onions, green peas or lentil filling. It is normally fried but sometimes baked too. It tastes great with coriander chutney, tomato ketchup or even by itself. Let's look at the ingredients, they make 16 medium sized samosas.

Ingredients :-

Filling ::

3 medium sized potatoes boiled and mashed
1 small onion chopped fine
1/4 cup green peas, boiled and partially mashed
3 large cloves garlic
1 inch piece of ginger
2 green chilies
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp red chili pwd (or to taste)
1/8 tsp mustard seeds
pinch of asafoetida
1/8 tsp turmeric pwd
Salt to taste
1 tbsp oil + more for deep frying
Handful of coriander, chopped for garnish

Cover ::

3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp oil
water

Process :-

1. Mince ginger, garlic and green chilies to form a paste.

2. Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan on medium high, add mustard seeds. Once they start to splutter, add asafoetida and turmeric pwd. Now add onions and saute them for a minute or so, add potatoes, green peas and rest of the spices. Add lemon juice, coriander and mix properly. Keep it aside and let cool - our filling is ready. Divide it into 16 portions.

Samosa filling

3. For the cover, make a pliable dough using the flour, oil and water. Cover it and let it rest for 10 mins.

4. Heat oil in a frying pan on medium heat. Divide the dough into 8 equal sized balls. Take a dough ball and roll it into a circle of around 5 inch diameter. Cut it from the center to form 2 semi circles. So basically from one dough ball you will make 2 samosas.

Semi circles are formed

5. Form a cone out of the semi circle and stick the sides by applying water on your fingertips.

Shape it into a cone

Fill the cone with a portion of the filing and overlap one side over the other forming a triangle. Use water to glue to sides together. Your samosa should be able to stand ! Use the same process to shape other samosa.

Samosas stuffed with filling

Standing samosas !

6. Simultaneously add 2-3 samosas to the fryer not overcrowding the frying pan. Fry for 2-3 mins. per side on medium heat till they turn golden in color and crisp on the outside.