VEG SAMOSA

Evening snacks with tea are one of the favorite pastime of Indian society especially samosas. Instead of regular potato, we will make the stuffing of regular vegetables.

Dough Ingredients:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• ½ cup carrom seed (Ajwain)
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ cup refined oil

Ingredients for filling:

• 1 tsp mustard oil
• ¼ Paanch Phoran
• Some chopped Garlic
• Some chopped green chillies
• Some chopped onion, capsicum, carrot
• ¼ cumin powder
• ¼ red chilly powder
• ½ tsp haldi powder
• ¼ Garam masala powder
• ½ chaat masala
• 2 mashed potatoes
• Make a little paste of Maida with water separately

Steps to prepare dough:

• Take a cup of Maida or all-purpose flour
• Add ½ Ajwain seeds and add salt to taste
• Add ¼ cup refined oil and mic it well
• Once you add the oil make sure the mixture is soft
• Add water bit by bit

Steps to prepare filling:

• Take a pan and add 4 tsp oil in it (mustard)
• Once oil is hot, add ¼ tsp panch phoran to it
• Add chopped garlic, green chillies and stir it for a while
• Add chopped onion to this paste above until onion is cooked and gets soft
• Add ¼ tsp cumin powder to it
• Add ¼ tsp red chilly powder
• ½ tsp Turmeric powder
• ¼ tsp garam masala powder
• Add salt to taste
• Add ½ tsp chaat masala
• Mix well and add some water to it
• Cook on high flame for sometime
• Add carrots and capsicum and mix it well
• Add mashed potatoes and cook it well on medium flame
• Your samosa filling is ready

Steps to prepare Samosa Crest:

• Take a small piece of dough and roll it in circular shape
• Cut the edges and give it a square shape
• Cut it in two halves
• Take one strap and apply maida paste you prepared earlier
• Place another strap on top in a way that it appears as a cross (refer video)
• Apply maida paste on it as well
• Put samosa filling in the centre and roll the lower ends by folding it
• You can give you own shape or follow the steps in the video
• Final step is to heat oil in pan and place samosas one by one on medium to high flame
• Wait till they turn golden brown

Your SAMOSA is ready!