Samosa

Name: Samosa
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 1 h 7 min
Yield: Yield: 12
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Flour to dust; 60 ml/4 Tbs Groundnut Oil; Salt; 300 g/⅔ lb Flour; 50 g/3 Tbs Ghee; 250 g/1⅔ cups Green Peas; 750 g/5 cups Potatoes; Groundnut Oil to deep fry; 5 g/1¾ tsp Cumin seeds; 30 g/3 Tbs Ginger; 5 g/1 tsp Red Chilli powder; 10 Green Chillies; 15 g/5 tsp Pomegranate seed powder; 20 g/⅓ cup Coriander

Preparation info

Yield:
12

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Prashad

By J. Inder Singh Kalra

Published 1990

About

The Nation’s favourite tea-time snack, the Samosa, like the Aloo Tikki, can be stuffed with a variety of fillings—mince, mixed vegetables, lentils or spiced peas and potatoes (below).

Ingredients

300 g/⅔ lb Flour
Salt
60 ml/

Asia
India
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

Preparation

THE DOUGH: Sieve flour and salt together, make a bay, pour oil in it and start mixing gradually. When the oil is fully mixed, add water (approx 90ml/6 Tbs) knead gently to make a semi-hard dough, cover with a moist cloth and keep aside for 15 minutes. Divide into 6 equal portions and make balls. Cover with a moist cloth.

THE FILLING: Pee