A yummy snack for a good evening to make it best! - A simple recipe of India’s favorite snack - Vegetable Samosa

in #food7 years ago (edited)

Back home, I remember seating next to my window, watching one of my favourite movies or shows, (yes, I have a habit of watching movie over and over again 😄) catching a glimpse of pouring rain outside the window pane, and the best part – munching a luscious Samosa used to overwhelm me with its unique and savory taste 😊

Lately I have been trying a lot of new recipes and in this article, I am happy to share with everyone an easy, neatly folded, tightly stuffed and deep-fried snack that you can savor anytime. I know it is deep fried and you may think it isn’t healthy, but to be honest once in a while it is totally fine to treat ourselves with luscious food.

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Origin of this tasty Samosa dates back to the 13th century and is from central Asia. In India, even now it is a very popular snack among all people. I would love to share this with as many foodies in this community so that they can try this Indian snack.

So here are some secret ingredients 🐼

For the stuffing:

  • Cooked, peeled and mashed potatoes – 4 - 5 medium size
  • Cooked green peas – 30 grams (optional)
  • Finely chopped garlic – 3 to 4 cloves
  • Finely chopped ginger – ¼ inch
  • Finely chopped fresh coriander leaves
  • Crushed coriander seeds – 1 teaspoon
  • Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
  • Garam masala powder – 1 teaspoon
  • Red chili powder - ¼ teaspoon (or as per the taste)
  • Dry mango powder or juice of ½ a lemon
  • Salt as per taste

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Ingrediants for the stuffing.


For the outer layer :

  • All purpose flour – 200 grams
  • Oil – 4 teaspoons (This will make outer layer more crispy)
  • Salt as per taste
  • Water
  • Oil for deep fry

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Ingredients for the outer layer


Instructions:

For the stuffing:

  • In a pan, add 2 tablespoons of oil. Once the oil is heated, add cumin seeds and fry for a minute.

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• Add mashed potatoes and mix them well.

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  • Now add red chili powder, dry mango powder, crushed coriander seeds, garam masala and salt. Mix all these dry ingredients and cook for a couple of minutes.

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  • To this, add cooked green peas and mix well into the potato mixture.

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  • Finally add coriander leaves and lemon juice if you are not using mango powder. Mix them well and keep it aside.

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For the outer layer:

  • In a bowl, add all purpose flour, 4 teaspoons of oil, salt and mix them well.

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• Add water to this mixture (Add little by little. Don’t add water all at once).

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  • Prepare a fine and a bit hard dough using your hand. Cover and let it rest for 20 minutes.

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After 20 minutes, make lemon sized balls out of the dough. Roll them into a medium thick layer and cut them into the half.

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• Brush the two straight edges with water and bring these edges together to make a cone.
• Stuff the potato mixture into the cone and gently seal the top part with help of water.

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• Once you stuff the cones and seal them, it should look as shown in the below picture.

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• In a pan, add oil and let it heat (Do not drop samosa without heating the oil, Samosa will stick to the surface of the pan).
• Once the oil is hot enough, add the Samosa and deep fry them in a medium flame.

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  • After the Samosa turns to golden brown, remove and serve them hot with the ketchup or chutney or eat by itself 😊

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Nom nom nom... !

Thanks for reading my post. Hope you all will try this recipe and will get a finger-licking experience 😊

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mmmmm.... Yummy!!!!!!😋😋😋
One of the best indian snack.

Very nice. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Samosa is one of the tastiest snacks.

you're welcome! Indeed they are very tasty :)

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