Potato Samosa

Ingredients needed (for outer cover):

• All purpose flour
• 1 cup Carom seeds - 1/4 tsp (optional)
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Salt - approx. 1/2 tsp

Ingredients for the potato filling:

•    Onion - 1
•    Green chili  -1
•    Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
•    Potato - 3 medium size
•    Chili powder -1 tsp
•    Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
•   Coriander powder -1 tsp
•  Cumin powder -1/2 tsp

   For the seasoning:

•    Oil - 1 tbsp
•    Cumin seeds -1 tsp

Method for preparing the outer cover:

1. In a bowl mix together all purpose flour, salt and oil nicely with your finger tips.
2. The flour should be well mixed with the oil. This is done to get crispy samosas.
3. Then add carom seeds, water little at a time and make a stiff dough.
4. Cover it with a damp cloth (to prevent it from drying) and let the dough rest for 20 minutes.
5. In the meantime prepare the stuffing.

Stuffing:

1. Pressure cook potatoes, peel the skin and cut it into cubes or mash it slightly.
2. Finely chop onions, ginger and green chili.

Method for whole Samosa

1. Heat oil in a deep pan ,add onions, ginger, green chilies and fry until onions turn transparent.
2. Then add coriander powder, turmeric powder, chili powder, cumin powder and salt needed.
3. Mix well, cook for 2-3 minutes.
4. Add cubed potatoes, coriander leaves and mix well. Switch off the flame.
5. Add few drops of lemon juice to taste. Now our potato stuffing is ready.

What you need - oil for deep frying samosas

Make balls from the dough depending on the size of samosas needed. If you want a small samosa, make a small ball and a slightly bigger ball for a bigger samosa.

Now take a ball of dough and roll it out very thinly in an oval or round shape. Cut it into half .

Now wet the straight side with little water using your finger tips.

Fold it in such a way that you get a cone. First bring one edge to the center, then bring the other edge and place it overlapping the first. Now you will get a cone.Fill the cone with potato stuffing. Fill till the top of the cone.

 Fill the cone with potato stuffing. Fill till the top of the cone.

Now wet the edges of the cone with water using your finger tips for sticking.

Stick together and fold it. If there is excess length at the back, you can make a pleat and then fold it to form a triangle. Make it sit and shape it nicely.

Now repeat the same process for the rest of the dough.

Now heat oil in a deep pan. To check if the oil is hot enough, drop a small piece of dough into the oil, if it raises to the surface immediately, then the oil is hot enough to fry the samosas.

Now reduce the flame to medium and maintain the same oil temperature throughout frying. Drop 2-3 samosas into the oil gently and fry both sides until golden brown.

Serve hot or cold. Enjoy! :D