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Samosa Recipe

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Samosa is an evening snack made out mashed potato with other ingredients stuffed in dough and then deep-fried. This crispy, flaky snack is a favorite to many in Asia. Samosa is eaten as a snack in many countries in Asia and is becoming popular all around the world.

Samosas can be both vegan and non-vegan. The triangular-shaped snack is filled with meat, vegetables, and also mashed potato making it a snack time favorite in many countries. Particularly in the Indian sub-continent, samosas have been prepared for long times and is seen as a snack time delicacy.

Samosa has originated from middle-east. During the Muslim rule of the Indian subcontinent, it spread in this region. This dish is gaining popularity in Europe and the West. Samosas are also highly popular in  Middle East. Samosas are found in almost all food shops in the subcontinent.

Vegetarians can enjoy vegan samosa made with vegetables used for stuffing. Air fried samosas have lower calories making them healthier. For meat-eaters, the stuffing of samosa can be made of meat and other ingredients. This is a very easy recipe and can be easily made in your homes.

To make the covering of a samosa we’ll have to use all-purpose flour, oil, water, carom seeds, and salt in quantity. For the stuffing, we have to use mashed potatoes, green peas, oil, ginger, chili, salt, and additional spices per your choice of flavor.

Samosa Recipe

Prep time : 15 m, Cook time : 15 m,  Course : Main Course, Cuisine : Indian, Servings: 5

INGREDIENTS

1 cup Flour
1 cup Refined oil
3 Potato
2 chopped green chili
1 chopped ginger
handful raw peanuts
1 tbsp ghee
1/2 tsp each ( red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder , cumin powder , tsp carom seeds )

Salt to Taste

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. First  potato stuffing is prepared.

  2. Wash and boil the potatoes in water

  3. Crumble them and set them aside.

  4. Heat ghee or oil in pan and add cumin seeds.

  5. Add minced ginger and green chili and saute them until a good fragrance comes out.

  6. Add spice powders ( red chili powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder, coriander powder )

  7. Saute for 1 minute

  8. Then add green peas and saute for 1 minute

  9. Then add the crumbled potatoes and sprinkle salt.

  10. Saute for 3-4 minutes until potatoes blend well with spice powders.

  11. Add chopped coriander and adjust salt if needed

  12. Potato Stuffing is ready.

  13. Now we need to prepare the dough for the Samosa

  14. Mix the flour with carom seeds and salt

  15. Add ghee and start kneading with little water

  16. Make small-sized dough balls

  17. Roll the dough into round puri shape.

  18. Cut the puri shaped dough into half.

  19. Fill the semi-circle with potato filling and deep fry.

  20. Serve with tomato ketchup



Nutritional Value

Although samosas are exceptionally delicate in taste, they are not good for health. The stuffing is made of mashed potato which is rich in carbohydrate and fat. Deep-fried food is harmful to our bodies.

They delay the fat burning process by creating inflammation in the body resulting in fat and calorie build up. Although air frying, baking could help in less calorie build up and using vegetables for stuffing can be healthy for the body.

Samosa is a very delicious snack. For a good health daily consumption of such food can be avoided, though using healthy ingredients to make it can be worth the health risk altogether.

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