Samosa is king of the snacks in India. People not only from India admire this versatile snack but is also loved and enjoys world wide. Honestly I started to admire this pyramid shape savoury snack samosa when I moved out from India, Perhaps this could be due to the fact that I miss seeing it very often. It is also a popular snack in Odisha and is widely known as Singhara. Go to any sweet vendor shop around 4 pm, you will see huge pan of oil gearing to deep fry samosas, Lover’s of this snack queuing up to indulge and enjoy this piping hot savoury snack dipped with chutney or sauce and drown it with a generous serving of masala tea. My journey (love affair) with samosa started off in a very interesting and adventurous way. We had a potluck dinner party at our place in Sydney and each one of my friends decided to prepare a dish of their choice and bring it over. I volunteered to prepare this tedious snack for 30 adults, Wow!!! I still cannot believe it. I was hell bent to take up that challenge and finally managed to prepare 60 Jumbo pieces.
Thus started my journey and it is now years I still prepare this delicious snack often. On some special occasions or when hosting I am hosting a party, samosa always tops the list and this samosa recipe with homemade samosa dough is very popular snack among my friends too.
HOW TO MAKE SAMOSA AT HOME
Samosa Dough
3 cups- Plain flour
1/3 cup – oil
1 tsp- salt
cold water to knead.
Sieve the flour. Add oil and salt rub it with fingers so that it resembles a crumb mixture. Gradually add water to knead into a soft dough. Cover and keep it aside.
Potato filling
1 kg potato (boiled and roughly chopped)
1 cup peas fresh or frozen.
1 onion chopped
1 tbsp garlic minced
1 tbsp ginger minced
Dry masalas
2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp -Cumin powder
1 tsp-coriander powder
1 tsp- Turmeric powder
1 tsp amchoor powder
1 tsp- Garam masala
1 tsp chilli powder
Salt to taste
¼ cup chopped coriander.
Raisins and cashew nut (optional)
Oil for deep frying
Heat 3 tbslp of oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds . When the seeds start to splutter, add chopped onions. Fry the onions till they are reddish brown. Add garlic and ginger mince. Add the frozen peas and sauté for couple of mins. Cover and cook the peas. Add all the dry masala.Then add the chopped boiled potatoes. Cook the mixture for 5 mins . Add salt to taste and garnish it coriander and nuts.The potato filling is ready.
Assembling
Divide the dough into medium size ball depending on the size of the samosa you will need.
Roll the ball into a flat circle using a rolling pin.
Cut into half
Fold the dough as shown in the picture
Apply water on the edges and shape them into cones.
Fill the cones with potatoes
Seal them applying water on the edges
Prepare them and arrange them in a plate
Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan. Fry them on a medium fire until they are crispy.
Serve hot with sauce or green chutney as u like.
PS– The rolled chapatti should not be thin otherwise it will have bubbles after you deep fry. The great thing about these samosas are that they can prepared in advance. Arrange the filled pastry on a plate. Cling wrap them and store them in freezer. Deep fry them straight away before the guests come in.
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31 Comments
wow..simply superb…you made 60!!!..God you have some patience!…they look so lovely…and nice step step pics..I love these so much!
Lovely… Samosas looks very crispy. Hats off to ur patience in making 60!!!
Samosas are always welcome in my home! Looks great.
cheers,
trupti
The Spice Who Loved Me
they look very good. my all-time favorite snack! can you possibly bake these? have you tried? i’d love to make them from scratch one day. i’m sure you can be really creative with the fillings too!
yesterday we got samosas from indian store, it was tasteless 🙁
so i promised my hubby that i would try doing it at home.. u solved my prob, step by step method makes it easier to prepare samosas. Thanks
I haven’t made Samosas at home in a long time, must try your’s.Looks great, love the pics too. Enjoy the award as ell!:))
Nice step by step instructions.I love these so much
lovely samosas…step by step instructions are quite good..
my husband loves samosa a lot,last time when i made it i could not get the exact shape.,now i got it.Thanks for sharing the secret.
Pearlsofeast, I am so very impressed. The samosas look adorable and delicious.
Congratulations on getting the yummyblog award, and thanks so much for passing it on to me. I truly appreciate it.
You are so sweet! I’m glad you find my blog yummy!
I have never even heard of a samosa, but they look so delicious!! I have been introduced to so many new foods from food blogging!
Awesome, nice step by step instructions. Samosa looks mouthwatering :))))
Congrats on your award! Nice step by step recipes. U ve lots of patience! Great!
Thanks for the step by step instructions. How do you make the outer cover crisp.
lovely samosas & nice step by step instructions..
oh wow so many mouth watering samosas….can i have 1:)…great step by step instructions….delicious recipe
Pearlsofeast, please take a look at my blog – this time I have something for you. Enjoy!
nice step by step instructions..love these
I remember the first Samosa I ever had was filled with beef and it was made by my friends mom…it is still, to this day, the best Samosa I ever had! Since then I have learned to make them myself, but they will never be as good as hers… Now I will have to give yours a try as they are one of my favorites 🙂 They look so tasty!
This is my all time favourite snack ..and your step by step instructions are very good …
Hey thanks for ur comments P.
Hey there you have a nice blog going, first time here. Samosa’s look mouth watering
I have never dared to make samosas at home…the feeling of laziness in taking up such a huge project when two of us at home will eat max two samosas each 🙂
Your step by step post is really inspiring.
Looks sooo good…I love them. Good instructions.
wow, what a great effort and end result is great ! Liked the step by step pics. Congrats on the award.
Those Samosa look good and sound really tasty! Making them for 30 people must have taken a long time. Nice step by step photo instructions.
Thanks for the award!!
lovely delicious samosa)
your way of presenting is cool and photographs make the mouth water
gud work!!
YUM! They look like tiny little panzerotti!!
60 samosas, that’s a LOTTTTTT of samosas…great going! Nice pictorial, very useful.
You should open a cafe…like a samosa cafe! WOW…look at the number of ‘hot sams’ (which is what they were called in school), & each of them perfect. Love the way you’ve explained the process…very nice POE!! Congrats on the yummy award!!
Congratulations, Shibani.
And those samosas are making my mouth water.
I had a similar first time samosa experience too. I decided to make them at home for my daughter’s 1st birthday. So my husband looked after the little one while I made samosas. 🙂