Wednesday 26 June 2013

Aloo Samosa


Aloo Samosa is basically boiled and lightly pressed potatoes mixed with spices and filled in a crispy pastry sheets. There is lots of other variation too like Paneer(cottage cheese) Samosa, Queema(mince-meat) Samosa... I love all kind of these. This is affiliated with my childhood memories, my school /College days, sitting with friend and munching a Samosa with Coke.. Ahh! What a time it was !
We used to have it wrapped in Naan bread sometime ( I know it sound strange, but believe me it was good).Now coming to recipe, you will need

RECIPE

FOR DOUGH

  • Flour 2 cups
  • Ghee 2 Tbsp
  • Water as required 
  1. Sieve flour.
  2. Rub in ghee.
  3. Knead with water to a dough, which is neither hard nor too soft, just in between.
  4. Rest for sometime, say 2hr at least in refrigerator, in a greased bowl, grease the top surface of the dough with a tea spoon of ghee & cover with damp tea towel.
  5. Make small balls out of the dough.
  6. Roll it into flat bread.
  7. Cut it into half.
  8. Now shape it like a cone, press the edges with water.
  9. Fill in the filling.
  10. Tightly press all the edges.
  11. Repeat with all the rest.
  12. Deep fry until golden brown.

FOR FILLING

  • Boiled potatoes 3-4
  • Sliced onion 1
  • Sliced green chillies 2
  • Salt to taste
  • Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp or more as per your taste
  • Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
  • Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
  • Coriander seeds 1/2 tsp
  • Pomegranate powder (Anardaana powder) 1tsp
  • Juice of one lemon
  • Fresh chopped green coriander 3 Tbsp
  • Fresh mint leaves chopped 1Tbsp
  1. Dry roast coriander & cumin seeds.
  2. Lightly press boiled potatoes with potato masher making sure there is still some big chunks too.
  3. Add all the rest of the ingredients & mix.
* FREEZABLE
You can freeze these by lightly frying it in hot oil( just to remove it rawness) & then store in a freezable container using wax paper in between.


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