Crispy Samosa, mouth-watering evening snack
Samosa is a north
Indian evening snacks liked by majority of people around the globe. It is
easily available in restaurants, street vendors or small refreshment food shops
in India as well as in US, UK at some places. People really love this tempting
snack and enjoy with tea. But when we prepare this snack at home, it is not of
that grade as what is available in restaurants of food shops.
Here is a recipe of
Samosa, you can try at home and make holiday more joyous with favourite snack.
Ingredients:
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Maida:
2 cups
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Potatoes:
4-5 medium sized boiled
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Peas:
1 small bowl
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Chopped
Onion: 1 medium sized chopped
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Ginger:
small cube grated
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Red
chilli: ½ tea spoon or to taste
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Dry
mango powder (Amchur): 1 tea spoon
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Salt:
to taste
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Garam
masala(Spices): ½ tsp
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Cumin
seeds (Jeera): ¼ tsp
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Carom
seeds (ajwain): ¼ tsp
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Chopped
green chillies: to taste
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Oil
for fry
Procedure:
Preparation for
filling in samosa:
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Peel
the boiled potatoes and mash it.
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Wash
the green peas and cut onion in small square pieces.
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Heat
the frying pan, add 1tsp oil. When oil is heated slightly, add cumin seeds,
chopped green chillies, onion and grated ginger. And then add peas. Mix well
and add small water for cooking peas. Cover the lid and keep cooking on slow
heat for 5- 7 minutes till peas become tender. Note: peas should not become
paste.
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When
peas are cooked, add mashed potatoes, garam masala (Spices), Amchur (Dry mango
powder), red chilli powder, salt and mix well so that all spices can be
uniformly distributed in samosa stuffing.
Now samosa stuff is
prepared.
Preparing Samosa:
Sieve the flour by
adding salt, ajwain and then add one and half table spoon oil. Mix well and
knead by pouring water slowly so that the dough is slightly tight but it should
not have cracks. Knead it for sometimes and keep it in refrigerator for 15
minutes.
Now the dough is
ready to make samosa.
Take roller. Make
small around balls of dough. Roll each ball in round shape to 4-5 inches and
cut it from centre so that you will get two pieces of half-moon shapes. Take
piece one half-moon shaped and fold it like cone shape. Fill the potato
stuffing and seal the upper edge. Likewise prepare all samosa.
After that heat the deep
fry pan and add oil for frying. When oil is hot, slow down the heat of gas and
from sides, pour the samosa. Fry on slow heat through changing the sides. Fry
these samosa till crisp and golden brown. Drain onto absorbent paper. Serve hot
with coriander and tamarind chutney(Sauce) or tomato sauce.
Hope you all will
like above delightful recipe for samosa and definitely make your holiday
enjoyable.
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