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
- Sieve flour.
- Rub in ghee.
- Knead with water to a dough, which is neither hard nor too soft, just in between.
- 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.
- Make small balls out of the dough.
- Roll it into flat bread.
- Cut it into half.
- Now shape it like a cone, press the edges with water.
- Fill in the filling.
- Tightly press all the edges.
- Repeat with all the rest.
- 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
- Dry roast coriander & cumin seeds.
- Lightly press boiled potatoes with potato masher making sure there is still some big chunks too.
- Add all the rest of the ingredients & mix.
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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