Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Hot Samosas




Ingredients:

For dough:

All purpose flour (wheat) - 1 cup
Sooji - 1/4 cup
Warm water
Salt to taste
Oil


For filling:

Potatoes - 4
Onion - 1 medium
Tomato - 1 medium
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Chilly powder - 2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Curry powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves - for garnishing
Salt to taste


Method:

For dough:

Mix the flour, sooji, salt, and oil together to make a smooth dough. Knead the dough for about 4-5 min to make smooth.
Set the dough aside and cover it with plastic food wrap. Let the dough sit for 20-25 min.

For filling:

Boil potatoes in pressure cooker for 2 whistles. let it cool. Remove the skin and mash well.
Heat oil add mustard seeds, urad dal, onion and fry till onion turns light brown color.
Now add tomato and cook till becomes soft. Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala, curry powder, salt and cook till it leaves oil from sides.
Now add mashed potatoes and mix well and cook for 6-7 min. Turn off heat.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Making samosa

Divide the dough into 4 equal parts and make into balls.
Roll each ball into circles and cut each circle in half. Put a tablespoon of filling in the center and fold it to triangle.
Heat oil in a wok and deep fry the samosa till it becomes light brown on both the sides.
Serve hot with coriander chutney or tomato ketchup.









31 comments:

  1. best evening snack...samosa looks cute and perfect!

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  2. yummy samosas, dear....great snack!

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  3. hey...nice crispy samosas!

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  4. Tempting samosas, feel like grabbing few rite now..

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  5. Lovely tempting samosa... I love this compared to those regular ones.... I'm tired of those... to be true...

    It seems easy too.... hence saving this up for my future reference....

    Ash...
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  6. Hey! Delicious and crispy samosa and that too with coriander chutney...perfect:)

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  7. I love all Spicy Fritters,Samosa's are my fav,looks perfect and sounds tempting...

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  8. This is an all time fav snack..am drooling now :-)

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  9. woow!! gorgeous samosas!! anu its 4.30 p.m here and i wish they pop out of the screen into my mouth for my evening snack :D

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  10. Samosas look so good, Anu! I wish I had some right now, these are my favorites :)

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  11. An evergreen all time favourite snack. Your samosas looks cute and tempting.

    Chitchat

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  12. never tried samosa at home.Looks great.will give a try soon

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  13. Please collect your award from my blog, dear!

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  14. samosas looks soo crispy and nice!... nice combination with green chutney!!

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  15. wow, nice hot samosas for tea..a great change from the typical punjabi samosas..tastes great with green chutney or tamarind chutney...already droolingggg..

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  16. I always buy the wrap never went from scratch! Who say no for samosas? Lovely!

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  17. So tempting..delicious..I'm new here..am following you.

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  18. Hii Anu,
    Wow like u said i was going thru r blog..and ohh god!! wat can i say..u got the yummiest recipes and this one one of the best i saw..i m gonna try this one soon :).....

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  19. Hi Anu You have a wonderful blog with yummy recipes.....These crispy & perfect looking samosas caught my eyes......best ever evening snack. I also make samosas but in a slightly different style (Bengali style-can have a look in my blog). Happy to follow you. Drop in sometime at http://hamareerasoi.blogspot.com/
    Deepa

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  20. This is favourite of all at home.I dint really know how to make it . But this looks perfect.Will definitely make it this weekend.Thanks for stopping by and that was so nice of you .Those words reaelly inspire me.

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  21. Haii.. samosa looks awesome.. visit my site when u have time.. following you

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  22. Yummy samosas! Feel like having all of them right now..

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  23. Yummy Samosas! Feel like having all of them right now..

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