I make samosa very rarely,though I love the process of making. Making cones and stuffing them and make them to triangular pockets and the most important thing, eating it hot . I even love to order it when I go to the restaurants, but again I go with the majority, what hubby and kiddo likes to order.
One of the best thing I love in samosa is peanuts. I just love it! And I should also mention I love onion samosas,though I have tasted only once, but want to try that as well soon. Juicy onions inside crispy outer wrap. Coming to this samosa recipe below, I followed the outer wrap recipe form a cookbook. But as far as stuffing masala is concerned no such thing,just made it the way I like.
Samosa recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Snack
Prep Time: 30 mins | Cook time: 25 mins | Makes: 12
Ingredients
For masala stuffing
potato,large - 1
Onion - 2
Green peas,cooked - 4 tblsp
Peanuts,cooked - 4 tblsp
Red chilli powder - ¾ tsp
garam Masala - ½ tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Chat masala powder - ¾ tsp
Turmeric - 2 pinches
Coriander leaves - 4 tblsp
Ginger,finely chopped - 1 tblsp
Jeera or Ajwain(omam) - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tblsp
Salt - as needed
For the Dough
Maida/all purpose flour - ¾ cup
Sooji/Rava - ¼ cup
Oil/Ghee - 2 tblsp
Salt - ½ tsp
Baking powder - 1 pinch
Method
- In a bowl, mix maida,rava,salt,baking powder and oil to a crumbly mixture. Add enough water and make a stiff yet smooth dough(no cracks). Knead for 5-7 minutes and make the dough elastic and keep a side for ½ hour or until you prepare the masala stuffing.Keep it cling wrapped to avoid drying.
- Pressure cook potato and peas+peanuts until soft. Peel the skin of the potato and chop it roughly. Heat a pan in with oil and season with jeera/ajwain.Add ginger and sliced onion and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame. Add cooked peanuts and the green peas.Add the masala powders(red chilli, dhaniya, garam masala and chat masala) and give a quick stir.
- Add ¼ cup water and cook for 2 minutes. Add potato and mix well. Add the coriander leaves and fry for 2 minutes or until the masala is ready.Neither too dry nor watery too.
- Now again give a gentle knead to the dough and divide into medium sized balls(12-14).Roll into a thin circle and cut it into 2 equal parts with knife. Apply water in the straight edge.
- Now make a cone by joining along the straight edges by overlapping them as shown in the picture. Spoon the stuff until ¾ th of the cone.
- Close the cone and seal it properly. Repeat until you finish making all the samosas. You can first roll all the balls and cut them into two and keep,then proceed to the next steps.
- Heat oil until hot and drop 3-4 samosas at a time and cook in medium flame to ensure even cooking,until golden brown. Drain in paper towels.
Notes
- Until you deep fry the samosas, keep it covered to avoid drying.
- You can freeze the samosas or keep in the fridge for frying it in later part of the day.
Enjoy these hot hot samosas with either green chutney or tomato sauce!
Sanctified Spaces
Cute crispy samosa..perfect with Chai..Happy Navratri to you.
Radhika
Love it any time especially during rainy season with a cup of steaming chai.
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Prathibha
Even I love onion samosas over the regular ones and I also like punjabi samosas the best..nice n gr8 looking samosas raks...
S.Menaga
so crispy n cute samosa,love it anytime!!
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Aarthi
My favorite....Looking crispy....Should make it soon....
Kalyani's Platter
wow looks so tempting and delicious samosas ... wonderful clicks .....
aipi
Love the pictorials n all the beautiful pics ~ Samosa is a classic n you have made them beautifully! Craving for some samosas now, ship me some Raji :))
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Kaveri
Crispy and yummy samosas...they look so inviting
Anu
looks so tempting!! nice clicks.
Ruchikacooks
Love the samosas raks..thanks for sharing step by step pix.
Sudha Sabarish
I love samosa's a lot and will try to have atleast once in a week.I'm that much mad for samosa's.Fell like grabbing it now itself.
Sarah
these are so cute! would love to try them...
Suja
Crispy and cute samosa's..delicious
Manju
one of the most favorited snacks of all time! love that spicy filling you've got there!
Sobha Shyam
wow, perfect samosas, i can never say no to these..
Krithi's Kitchen
Beautifully done!! Appetizing pics as always..
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Madhavi
OMG amazing samosas..love it :))
Uma
Its my fav raks. Perfectly done. I prepare them very often but without rava. Love the texture with rava. I'll try next time.
Cheers,
Uma
Vani
wow, samosas r looking soooo perfect!! wanna try it sometime.. Lovely presentation with step-by-step picks 🙂
Anonymous
Hot hot Samosas in cold weather..lovely pics too 🙂
Gayathri NG
Wow excellent preparation with beautiful clicks dear...my all time favourite chat...
me favourite chat...
Tina
so crispy and perfect samosa...
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow very tempting and perfect samosa...yummy with a cup of coffee,pass them it raining here...
Rekha shoban
perfect n cute samosa...my favourite too!!pics r clear n simple...neat click!
Priti
Love this too ..looks so yum and love the step wise pics ...in this rain it would be perfect
Shanthi
Crispy and perfect samosas. Looks fabulous.
Aruna Manikandan
wow...
looks delicious raji....
and the last click looks really hot..... 🙂
jeyashrisuresh
What a perfect snack for this rainy weather. Clicks r beautiful and the stepwise r very bright.
Valarmathi Sanjeev
Wow....love this...looks mouthwatering and delicious. Beautiful clicks.
Janu
Wow!!!!!Awesome!!! The stuffing looks so tempting!!!
Sharmilee! :)
Crispy, perfect and yummy samosas tempted to the core...Pass on that plate pls 🙂
priya ravi
very crispy samosas.. stuffing looks very tempting..
Vardhini
Making me hungry and it is midnight 🙂 Yummy samosas.
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Suhaina
wow..they look simply amazing and you have done it so perfectly...love the first click...it looks wonderful.
Happy Cook / Finla
Wow that looks super yumm, i hardly make even though we love it here as i too think it is so difficult to make the cone shape plus when ever i make them i am in the kitchen half day full busy with them.
notyet100
Perfect for today's weather,..:)
sanjeeta kk
Oh..yum..the samosas look lovely!
lata raja
One word to descrie my state: AWESTRUCK
Seema
yummy samosas...so very tempting...great clicks Raks...glad to follow you..
Sandhya Hariharan
Garama Garam Samosa's ... perfect !!!
So apt for the weather....
Lovely pics .. Raji
Hyma
absolutely awesome...such a clear explanation...thax for being so patient to do this post!
Prathima Rao
OMG!!! What fantastic, mouthwatering samosas!!! And hats off to you for giving such clear step wise pics!!
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Priya
Any leftover there, feel like grabbing some..
Divya Kudua
I remember me and amma making these when we saw it on a recipe book.I miss those days.Samosas have come out perfect-crispy outside and juicy masala inside-YUM
PriyaVaasu
yum, yum!!!!
beautiful copper
hey, i will surely try this recipe. I love the way you present it, with pics for every step. Keep it up.
soumya
thanks for giving step by step process soon i am going to try
Swarnahyndavi
I followed your recipe but the samosas are crispy when they are hot but saggy and became like poori texture after they came to room temperature.
It happens every time I do the samosa
nups
wowww...i m gonna try dis today only bt wanna ask 1 thng
can i replace baking soda in place of baking powdr...??????????
nivi
HI Raks ..i tried these samosas and they turned out yummy 🙂
Swetha Srini
yummy samosa... i have asked my mother to try this receipe .... looks great......
sandhya sekar
Hi Akka,
Is it necessary to add rava and baking powder to the dough??????
Raks anand
You can skip Sandhya, even I am thinking to make it simple next time and post.
Deepthy
Instead of maida can I use wheat flour to make dough?
Raks anand
Yes You can try
Malini Udayakumar
yummy samosa,,, i tried,, very easy to do , rak's is simpler and easier...
Unknown
Hi, instead of making dough will samosa taste good if made out of wonton wraps. Pls advise. Thanks
Raks anand
Havent used wonton wraps. If its something like spring roll sheet it will work. If it is like a puff pastry sheet or phyllo sheets, it may not work.
Maheswari
It is tempting.