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Samosa is a very popular snack item in Indian and South Asia as well. But you can find it all over the world in different variations. The samosa is basically a triangular shaped pastry shell often filled with either vegetarian or non-vegetarian ingredients. The fillings are usually made with boiled potatoes, peas, onions or ground beef or chicken. Samosa is chiefly enjoyed with some chutneys.
Samosa is a yummy snack liked by almost all age groups of people. Depending on the regions, the stuffings of the samosas might be different, but the method of cooking always remains the same. The samosa which you get in North India will be slightly different from the samosa of South India. In the following write up, you will find a recipe of Indian vegetarian samosa.
The major things required to make samosa are;
250gms all purpose flour, 1 cup water, 500gms potatoes, 100gms green peas, 2 onions, 6 green chillies, 2tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp coriander powder, oil, pinch of chilli powder plus turmeric powder, coriander leaves( for garnishing) and salt to taste.
How to Make the Filling:
To prepare the filling, you can boil the potatoes and mash them properly.. Take a pan and add 1 tsp of oil. Put chopped onions and green chillies once the oil is heated. Add ginger garlic paste and fry until the onions are golden brown. Add pinches of chilli powder and turmeric powder. After a minute, put the green peas and mashed potatoes. Mix them properly. Add little lemon juice, coriander powder and salt. Cook for 10 minutes and garnish them with chopped coriander leaves.
Directions to make samosa:
Take a bowl and put the flour. Add 3 tbsp of oil and little salt to the flour. Add water and knead the mixture into a dough and keep aside for half an hour. Divide the dough into 10 equal parts and make them into round flat balls. Roll every balls into a small round chapatti and then cut into two equal semi circles. Fold the semi circle into half and seal one side with water to make a triangle pocket. Now fill it with the filling mixture and seal the other side as well with water. Heat the oil in a pan for frying. Fry the samosa in the oil until they turns golden brown. Thus, your tasty samosa is ready to eat.
You can put some rice flour to the dough to get a crisp and crunchy samosa. Or you can also add a pinch of soda to the cooking oil to get a crispy samosa outer cover.
Samosa is a very scrumptious Indian snack. So whenever you get the opportunity, try this recipe and enjoy.
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