Onion Samosa

Onion samosa!

The rainy season has started! 🌧 I’m sure everyone must be craving something hot, crispy to go along with your evening cup of tea…what better snack than some crispy and crunchy onion samosas? This recipe is from my friend Ritu. I was actually super scared of shaping the samosas 🙈 I looked up some videos and then managed to make some pretty good ones 😀 the samosas tasted just like store bought (healthier though) and didn’t go hard even after cooling down. The filling is also super easy to make. Make these cuties and serve them with some ketchup to amp up your chai time!

Preparation time: 15 to 20 minutes | Cooking time: 15 to 20 minutes
Course: Snacks | Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients:

For samosa sheets:

Maida- 1 cup

Hot oil- 1 ½ tblsp

Salt- to taste

Water- as needed

For stuffing:

Onion-2

Poha- a handful

Chili powder- ¾ th tblsp

Garam masala- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder- a pinch

Coriander powder- 1 tsp

Cumin powder- ½ tsp

Salt- as needed

 Coriander leaves- a handful (chopped)

To seal the samosas:

Maida- 2 tblsp

Water- to form a thick paste

Oil- for frying the samosas

Method:

1.      Add maida and salt to a large bowl. Add hot oil to this and give it a mix.  Add water little by little and knead into soft and stiff dough.

2.      Apply little oil over the dough and keep it covered. Let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.

3.      Then divide the dough into five equal parts. Roll them into thin sheets.

4.      Brush oil on both sides of the sheets and slightly heat them up on a tawa for a few seconds.

5.      Don’t cook it fully. Just heat it up for few seconds and remove from tawa.

6.      Now place the sheets one above the other and trim the sides to get square sheets.

7.      Now cut it length wise to make rectangular sheets. keep it aside.

8.      Add all the stuffing ingredients to a bowl and mix well by crushing them, with your hands.

9.      Make a thick paste with 2 tablespoons of maida and few spoons of water. This paste will be used to seal the edges of the samosa.

10.   Take a samosa sheet and form a cone shape as shown in pic below.

11.   Fill it up with some stuffing, apply some maida paste on the edges and seal it thoroughly. (refer pic below)

12.   Heat oil in a kadai. Fry the samosas in batches. Fry them on low heat and make sure they are evenly cooked.

13.   Once they are golden brown and crispy, remove from oil and serve hot.

Step by step pictures 

add flour,salt and hot oil to a bowl

mix well

add water little by little and 

knead into soft, stiff dough

apply oil on top and keep it covered

rest it for 15 to 20 minutes

add all stuffing ingredients to a bowl

mix well by crushing with hands

make 5 equal balls out of the dough

roll into thin sheets by dusting some flour

apply oil on both sides of the sheets

heat both sides of the sheet

 on a tawa for few seconds.

place all the sheets, one on top of the other

and trim the edges to make square sheets

square sheets ready

cut the square sheets length-wise 

now we have got rectangular sheets

make cones out of the rectangular sheets

inner side of the cone

fill it with stuffing

make a thick paste of maida and water 

apply the paste on the edges

seal the edges completely

samosas ready to be fried

heat oil in a kadai.

fry the samosas in batches, on low flame.

once samosas are golden brown and crispy, 

remove from oil and serve it hot.