Samosa

 

Samosa is a stuffed pastry and a popular snack in South Asia, veg samosa recipe is stuffed with vegetables. vegetable samosa recipe is a common Indian appetizer recipe.

Ingredients:

 

For cover:

Plain flour (maida) – 1 cup

Warm oil – 2 tbsp

Water to knead dough

 

For filling:

Potatoes (large boiled, peeled, mashed) – 2

Onion (finely chopped) – 1

Green chillies (crushed) – 2

ginger (crushed) – 1/2 tsp

Garlic (crushed) – 1/2 tsp

Coriander (finely chopped) – 1 tbsp

Lemon juice – 1/2

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Garam masala – 1/2 tsp

Coriander seeds crushed – 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil to deep fry

 

Method:

 

For dough:

• Add oil, salt and little water with flour, mix well till crumbly.
• Add more water little by little, kneading into soft pliable dough.
• Cover with moist cloth, keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
• Beat dough on worksurface and knead again. Re-cover.

 

For filling:

• Heat little oil, add ginger  garlic paste, coriander seeds, green chilli
• Stir fry for a minute, add onion till golden brown.
• Add coriander, red chilli, garam masala, lemon juice, turmeric powder and salt
• Stir fry for 2 more minutes and add potatoes.  Stir further 2 minutes. Cool. Keep aside.

 

To proceed:

• Make a thin 5″ diam. round with some dough.
• Cut into two halves. Run a moist finger along diameter.
• Join and press together to make a cone.
• Place a tbsp. of filling in the cone and seal third side as above.
• Make five to six. Put in hot oil, deep fry on low to medium till light brown.
• Do not fry on high, or the samosas will turn out oily and soggy.
• Drain on rack or kitchen paper.
• Samosa is ready. Serve hot

 

Nutritional Facts:

 

• Potato is rich in potassium
• Potatoes are rich in Vitamin C. Typically, 100 gm of potato will contain about 17 mg of Vitamin C.
• High vitamin C content in lemons treats infections like asthama, tonsillitis and sore throat.
• Lemon helps to treat problems associated with urinary tract infections
• Garlic has been touted to treat is the cold
• It raises our HDL (good) cholesterol levels, prevents LDL (bad) cholesterol from building up on arterial walls
• Ginger may slow the growth of colorectal cancer cells.
• Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties and is a powerful natural painkiller