Baked Cauliflower Samosa Recipe

Ingredients:

Making dough
2 cup Vivatta Chakki Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
Water , as needed

For stuffing:

1 cup Cauliflower (gobi) , small florets, blanched
1 cup Potato (aloo) , diced and peeled
2 tablespoons Raw Peanuts
1 tablespoon Ginger , grated
1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
1 teaspoon Fennel seeds (Saunf)
1 pinch Asafoetida (hing)
1 Dry red chilli
5 Green Chillies
1 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Cooking oil
1 teaspoon Kasuri Methi (Dried Fenugreek Leaves)
Salt - to taste

For baking:
Cooking oil - to spray

Directions:

To begin making Baked Cauliflower Samosa Recipe, prepare all the ingredients and start with making the dough.

In a bowl, add 2 cup atta (wheat flour), oil, salt and baking soda. Keep mixing with hand until the dough becomes crumbly enough to take a shape.

Add water and make a medium tight dough, almost like chapathi dough. Cover it and rest it for 20 minutes.

For Stuffing :

In a frying pan, heat oil, add raw peanuts, fry a bit till roasted, and then add dried whole red chilli, hing powder, fennel and cumin seeds for tadka and saute a bit.

After seeds start crackling add blanched cauliflower and diced potato.

Fry for about 2 minutes then add salt, sugar, turmeric powder, grated ginger and green chillies. Mix it properly then let it cook on low heat. Stir occasionally until vegetables are well cooked. Add kasuri methi and let it cool before proceeding to stuffing it.

Making Samosas:

Preheat oven into 350 F(180 C).

Divide dough into 6-7 balls. with a rolling pin roll each dough in a round shape to medium thickness then cut them in the middle.

Take one portion of the flattened dough and shape like a cone overlapping the flat side together. Now put 1 and 1/2 tsp of stuffing inside the samosa cone and seal the edges with brushing water on the edges. Cover them with kitchen towel otherwise it will dry out.

In a baking tray, place a parchment paper and line up all samosas. Spray some cooking oil over them.

Bake samosas for 40 -45 minutes or when it nice golden in color. Cooking time varies from oven to oven so after 30 minutes check them, when done, you can take them out and allow them to cool a bit before serving for snacks.

Enjoy this Baked Cauliflower Samosa Recipe with Khajur Imli Chutney or plain tomato ketchup with a hot cup of Ginger Cardamom Chai for an evening.