NG's Recipes 01 - Samosa - Tasty fried Snack !

The lockdown is in full force. So, what does one do with their time?

I decided to use my time and cook up something. Samosa a very popular Indian snack. While there are many styles of making this and different parts of India cook different flavors of this snack.

So here goes the recipe for this popular snack. I am hoping all my friends here will enjoy this recipe. This is a snack that goes almost with anything. You can have it with Tea or Coffee or use it as snacks for a drink session.

While we have used the traditional filling which is Potato. One can also use mix vegetables, cottage cheese, chicken, lamb, pork or beef. Thus, as a snack its adjustable to different cultures and food lifestyles.

Given the fact that its not very healthy to eat fried food outside we in India generally prefer making them at home. Many spices used have Indian names. I have tried to google English names for them as well and incorporate them. In some case you may have to look up google to see the local name for the spice.

Now let’s get into it without much ado.

Ingredients needed.

For Filling Inside.

500 Grams Potatoes.
½ Cup frozen green peas.
8 Cashew nuts.
1 Table spoon of Ghee (Clarified Butter)
1-2 green Chillies.
1 Pinch Hing.
4 Tablespoons Coriander Leaves.
½ Teaspoon Salt.
Spices
3/4th Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
1 Teaspoon Garam Masala/
3/4th Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder.
½ Teaspoon Salt – Adjust to taste
For Samosa Covering
2 Cups all-purpose flour or organic maida
¼ cup or melted Ghee.
½ spoon Ajwain/ Bishop's weed
3/4th Spoon Teaspoon

The Recipe.

Making the filling.

1. Boil the Potato until they are soft. You can check that by inserting a fork.
2. Semi-Mash them about 60%. DO NOT Mash them up like Mashed Potatoes.
3. Heat a Pan with some oil. You can use any vegetable oil. However, mustard is good.
4. Add some cumin seeds and fry till they sizzle.
5. Add ginger and after 30 secs add the Cashewnuts. Fry for 2 mins.
6. Add green peas and fry for 2 mins.
7. Add all the spices. Red Chilli, Cumin Powder, Coriander Powder and fry for 30 secs.
8. Add Potatoes and Sprinkle Salt.
9. Add coriander leaves if any. This may be tough in the western part of the globe. Its optional not critical to the taste. So, if it’s not available u can skip this.
10. Taste add salt, chilli flakes or lemon depending on your taste buds.
11. Set it aside.

Please note instead of potatoes a variety of fillings can be used as mentioned before.

Making the outer Crust.

1. The dough is made of all-purpose flour. One can also use multi-grain flour but its best to all-purpose flour.
2. Mix Ajwain, Salt, Flour and Ghee in a bowl and mix well.
3. It may take some experience to knead the dough and make rolls out of them. If you are not familiar with the process of kneading the dough do look up online.
4. Make small portions and roll to ball.
5. Grease the rolling area and then flatten. Drizzle some oil.
6. Roll them into oval shape 8.5 inches and 6.5 inches.
7. One way to use a pot get a round shape. Else cut them into two edges.
8. Create a cone and fill it with the potato fillings
9. Once its filled make sure it is sealed completely to prevent oil seepage.

Make the Samosa.

Once the final dough with filled potato is ready. Heat some oil on a deep pan. Make sure its deep enough to allow the Samsosa to be fully submerged in the oil. DO NOT heat the oil too much. This will lead to the surface getting burned quickly but the insides being incompletely cooked.

Put them on by one into oil. Let them fry for 4-5 mins. In case of Meat Fillings make that 6-7 mins. The oil temperature needs to be regulated to make sure its not too hold or too cold.

Well there you are, tasty, crispy and juicy Samosas to go with your lockdown. You can serve it traditionally with Mint and Tamarind sauce. If you are in the west and don’t have these dips, Ketchup will do just fine 😊

Hope you enjoy your Samosas. I have tried to put pics wherever possible. In case u need more info do reach out to us.