Snack Recipe: How to make Samosa
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 09-11-2023
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When it comes to evening tea, you always look a tasty snack to
accompany it. Sometimes, you try western cuisine while many times you
stick to desi Indian snacks. Samosa is one of the likeable snacks of
Indians. People go to market to buy this tasty snack. Although it's deep
fried but it tastes delicious. You can enjoy it with meethi chutney or
green chutney or tomato ketchup. To make samosas, you need maida,
potatoes and various kinds of herbs and spices. In fact, making samosa
doesn't require much of your efforts. Follow this recipe and learn to
make delicious samosa at home.
Ingredients
For stuffing
500 gm potatoes (boiled,
peeled and chopped) 1/2 cup ghee, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp turmeric
powder, 1/4 tsp red chilli powder, 3 green chillies, 2 tsp ginger, 1
lemon, 1 tbsp coriander leaves, salt to taste, 1/3 cup green peas, 2 tsp
chaat masala powder, 1 tsp fennel seeds, 1/2 tsp garam masala, 2 tbsp
chopped cashew nuts
For dough
500 gm maida/refined flour, 2 tbsp ghee or oil, 5 gm ajwain, salt, water, oil for deep frying
How to make
In
a bowl, take maida, oil, salt and ajwain. Mix them all for dough and
rub thoroughly. Sprinkle water and make hard dough. Set aside for about
10 minutes. Divide the dough into round portions as per the size of the
samosas required.
First, chop green chillies, ginger and
coriander leaves. Now heat the ghee and add cumin seeds. When it starts
crackling add ginger and fry. Add green chillies, coriander, turmeric
powder, chilli powder, salt, lemon juice and green peas leaves. Mix all
and cook for five minutes. Mix in potatoes, chaat masala powder, fennel
seeds, garam masala and chopped cashew nuts and mix well. Stuffing is
ready.
Roll each portion of dough into a thin oval shape cut
into 2 semi-circles. Take one semi-circle and apply water on the
straight edge of the semi-circle. Hold the semi-circle in your hand,
fold the straight edge, bringing together the watered edges, seal the
watered edges into a triangular pocket. Now stuff the potato mixture and
then seal the upper edges. Make all the samosas in the same manner.
Deep fry in hot oil till golden brown. Delicious Samosas are ready to
eat and serve hot.