Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Samosa


Ingredients:
For Sabji:
Boiled potatoes - 2 medium size
green chilli - 2 finely chopped
garlic ginger paste - 1 tbs
cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
oil - 2 tbs
cumin powder - 1 tsp
corriander powder - 1tsp
red chilli powder - 1 tsp
termaric powder- 1 pinch
garam masala - 1 tbsl
emon juice of 1/2 lemon
chat masala - 1tbs
salt to taste

For samosa sheet :
all purpose flour(maida) - 2cups
semolina - 1 spoonoil - 2tbs
salt to taste

Procedure:
For the dough:
Take the maida,add salt and oil to the maida and mix it well by mixing well each flour grain will be coated with the oil and it gives the cruncytexture to the samosas.Start adding water little by little and kneading properlymake a stiff dough and let it rest for 22-30 mins.

Potato stuffing:
Heat some oil in the pan,add the cumin seeds,ginger garlic paste,green chillies.and turmeric mix well and let cook for few mins.then add the red chillie powdercoriander powder and cumin powder ,add little water so the masalas don't burn.Then add the diced potates,salt and coriander leaves.sprinkle the lime juice over it.And add chat masala.you can make any stuffing of your choice with any variations.

Samosa:
Make rolls of the dough depending on the size of samsosa you want.Roll the dough in circle shape,cut that circle shape into half,take that half ,apply water on all edge,take one end bend it in center and taking other end overlap it on the first edge making it a triangle or cone.Fill the cone with the stuffing and seal the edges properly so that stuffing should not come out,also to get a triangular shape for the samosa.Now fry the samosas in the oil till they turn golden brownon medium flame.And enjoy hot samosas with tamrind chutney or your favourite chutney.

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