Samosa :Most Popular Indian Snacks

 Aloo Samosa Recipe

Ingredients for Samosa

For the stuffing :-

Potato - 4 (400 gms) (boiled)

Green peas - 1/2 cup 

Green coriander - 2 to 3 tbsp 

Green chilli - 2 to 3 (finely chopped)

Ginger - 1 inch (grated)

Coriander powder - 1 tsp 

Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp 

Mango powder - 1/4 tsp 

Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp 

Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp 

Salt - 3/4 tsp 

Oil - for frying 

For the dough :-

Refined Flour -2 cups (250 gms)

Carom seeds - 1/2 tsp 

Oil - 4 tbsp (60 gms)

Salt - 1/2 tsp 

How to make Samosa 

For the dough :-

1- Take 2 cups of refined flour in a bowl, add a 1/2 teaspoon of salt, a 1/2 teaspoon of carom

seeds after crushing it, 1/4 cup of oil to it and mix all the ingredients well. 

2- Add less than 1/2 cup water in intervals and knead the stiff dough. Knead the dough stiffer than the dough of Poori. 

3- Cover and keep the dough aside to set for 20-25 minutes.

For the stuffing:-

1- Take 4 boiled potatoes, peel and mash them. 

2- Preheat a pan and add a tablespoon of oil in it. 

3- Add a teaspoon of grated ginger, 2 to 3 finely chopped green chillies to it and saute it. 

4- Add a 1/2 teaspoon of cumin powder to it and roast it along with the Masala mixture. 

5- Add 1/4 cup of peas to it and saute it. 

6- Add a tablespoon of water to it and cook while covering it for 2 minutes. 

7- The peas have become soft after 2 minutes. 

8- Turn the flame to medium and add the mashed potatoes to it. 

9- Add a teaspoon of coriander powder, a 1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder, a 1/2 teaspoon of mango powder, a 1/2 teaspoon of Garam Masala, 3/4 teaspoon of salt to it and roast while stirring it for 2 to 4 minutes. 

10- After 4 minutes, add finely chopped green coriander to it. 

11- Switch off the flame and pour it in a bowl to cool down. 

To make Samosa :-

1- Mash the dough after 20 minutes and divide the dough into the smaller sized lumps. 

2- Roll it into a round shaped ball and expand it verticall in a oval shaped dough. 

3- Flatten the dough from all the corners and flatten it thinly. 

4- Chop it into the two equal halves from the center.

5- Apply some water on its straight portion and press it using your finger along with your thumb. 

6- Give it a shape of cone and keep it empty from the top. Do not fil it extensively. 

7- Apply water on its corner and stick the front portion with the back portion. 

8- Press to make it thinner and leave it to rest for half an hour. 

9- Preheat oil in wok after half an hour, the lesser heated oil is required to fry the Samosa.

10- Turn the flame to low and the Samosa to fry. 

11- Fry on the low flame for 5-6 minutes and do not touch them in the process. 

12- After frying them on the low flame for 6 minutes, flip them. 

13- Turn the flame from low to medium and fry until they appear brown. 

14- Drain them our once they have friedand stop the ladle on the corner of wok so that extra oil moves back in it. 

15- Fry all the Samosas likewise. 

Serving 

1- You can serve it along with sweet tamarind dip or green coriander dip.