Spicy Vegetable Samosa - Vegetable filled pastry fry
Samosa is a great snacks or appetizer which can be made with any filling of your choice. They are an iconic snack in India, a delicious crunchy fried pastry with potato and green peas filling.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
For the dough pastry
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 1.5 tbsp oil
- 1/4 cup lukewarm water
- Salt to taste
For the filling
- 2 potatoes
- 1/2 cup green peas cooked
- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 1/4 cup capsicum chopped
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1/8 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp fennel seed
- 1 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Prepare the pastry dough
- Mix together the flour, salt, oil and water in a bowl. Add water a little at a time and knead to a firm dough. Cover the dough and let it sit for 15 minutes.
Prepare the filling
- Peel and cook the potatoes. Mash the cooked potatoes with a fork and set aside.
- Grind the cloves and mix with cinnamon powder. This is the spice mix used for flavoring.
- Heat oil in a pan. Crackle the fennel seed.
- Then saute the onion and capsicum until soft. Then add the spice mix and black pepper powder.
- Add the mashed potato and cooked green peas. Stir and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 8 balls. With a roller pin, roll each ball into 6-inch diameter circles.
- Place a spoon of the vegetable filling in the center of the rolled pastry.
- Fold together all the edges and seal and press to the center.
- Heat oil in a pan. Deep-fry the stuffed pastry in hot oil until both sides are golden brown. Remove from oil and transfer to a plate.
- Serve with your favorite sauce.
Notes
1: You don't have to use 1/4 cup water. Use just enough to bring everything together to knead.
2: Press the samosas (pastry) to a tissue paper to remove excess oil.
2: Press the samosas (pastry) to a tissue paper to remove excess oil.