Monday, May 19, 2014






                              Samosa and Potli Samosa...

Ingredients

Covering
1 cup Wheat flour.
1 cup All purpose flour.
1 tsp salt.
2 tbs olive oil.
1 tsp Carom seeds.
Filling
2 n 1/2 cups Boiled Potatoes coarsely chopped don't mash completely(cut and make small cubes ,this adds to the texture)
1/2 heaped cup Peas boiled till tender.
1 n 1/2 tsp chilli flakes.
Salt as per taste.
1/2 tsp whole black peppers.
1/2 tsp coriander seeds.
1/2 tsp fennel seeds.
1/2 tsp cumin seeds.
1/2 tsp amchoor powder.
1 tsp Coriander Cumin powder.
Oil for frying.

Procedure

Dough
Mix the wheat flour and all purpose flour.Add salt and carom seeds.
Heat the oil till fuming hot and add to the flour mix.
Knead the dough using water.(Not too soft)
keep the dough covered with wet cloth for at least an hour.
Stuffing
Mix the potato and peas smash a bit with potato smasher.(don't overdo it)
Add all the spices and mix.
Taste for salt.
Then take a lime size ball of the dough.
Roll it into a 5 inch circle.





Cut it in center to form two semi circles.




Take one semi circle join two edges to make a cone.
Fill in about a tbs of filling and seal the ends.

















Keep it covered in a wet cloth.
Do the same with the rest.
heat the oil in pot on low medium flame.
Keep splashing the oil on the samosas.
And fry the samosas till golden brown ,base side down.

For potli
Take a ball half the size .
Roll it into a circle.
Gather its end and seal to form a Potli.


   

Fry Base down first.
keep pouring oil ver it with the spoon.