Traditional Indian Samosa Recipe

Whether you are traveling on the bustling streets of the Indian subcontinent or lost among the thousand scents of a Southeast Asian market, you will undoubtedly come across samosas, inviting pastries with a soft, spicy filling!

This popular street food is believed to have originated in the Middle East, but thanks to ancient trade routes, it has become one of the most beloved snacks in Asian cuisine.

Vegetable samosas are one of the most common and widespread vegetarian variants. They essentially consist of a fragrant pastry shell that is fried and filled with an extremely customizable mix of potatoes and vegetables, to which meat or legumes can also be added depending on the origin or religion of the family preparing them.

Since there is no official recipe, we decided to offer you a vegan version of the filling made with potatoes, peas, and onions, but you can adapt it to your taste by adding or removing the ingredients you prefer!

Serve the samosas as a delightful appetizer for an ethnic dinner along with the typical Indian naan bread or as a spicy snack for an exotic aperitif, perhaps accompanied with a delicious cherry tomato chutney or a refreshing yogurt sauce like raita, and guide your guests along new and intriguing paths of flavour!

If you've never tried samosas, India's most popular appetizer, with pakoras, papadums, and bhajis as a starting point, you're missing out. These triangular-shaped dumplings can be filled with meat, egg, cheese, vegetables, and more. We opted for vegetables and prepared a simple filling with a very exotic touch of spices.

The outer casing consists of a dough made from wheat flour and yeast, seed oil, and sometimes seasoned with cumin. If you don't feel like making it or don't have time, you can always use filo or brick dough. Either of these doughs makes a more than decent samosa.

They're usually fried, although there's also a healthier and more convenient oven-baked version (because they're all made in one batch). Choose your favorite version, but be sure to make these vegetable samosas for an original, unique, and delicious snack.



Prep Time: 50 mins ♥ Cook Time: 20 mins ♥ Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins ♥ Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:


2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp ajwain
4 potatoes
1 cup green peas
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp turmeric powder
2 green chilies
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp lime juice
1 tbsp coriander
1 tsp dry mango powder
2 tsp cashew nuts
2 tbsp raisins
Salt to taste
Water


Method:

Mix flour, salt, oil, ajwain. Add a little water at a time. Pat and knead well for several times into a soft pliable dough. Cover it with moist Muslin cloth and keep aside for 15 minutes.

In a bowl add mashed potatoes, salt, cumin, fennel, chili powder, lime juice, mango powder, green chilles, ginger, green peas, cashews raisins and mix well. Add coriander and keep aside.

Make small rolls of dough and roll into a thin oval shape. Cut it into two parts like semi-circle. Now take one semi circle and fold it like a cone. Use water while doing so. Place a spoon of filling in the cone and seal the third side using a drop of water. Repeat with the rest.

Heat oil in a wide vessel and deep fry till golden brown on a medium flame, turning them carefully to the other side so that it cooks on all sides. Deep fry on low to medium heat and not piping hot oil.

Remove onto absorbent paper and serve warm over a cup of tea.