24 August, 2015

Samosas with a “Twist”

Comments : 1 Posted in : Appetizers, Continental, Quick Bite on August 24, 2015 by : food lover Tags: samosa

Ingredients for Stuffing:

• Green moong: 1 cup
• Boiled green peas: 1 cup
• Finely chopped french beans: 1/2 cup
• Oil: 2 teaspoon
• Cumin seeds: 1 teaspoon
• Roughly crushed fennel seeds: 1 teaspoon
• Dry mango powder(amchur): 1 teaspoon
• Sugar: 1 & 1/2 teaspoon (optional)
• Salt to taste
• Chopped coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon
• Green chili paste: 1 & 1/2 teaspoon
• Garam masala: 1 teaspoon
• Chopped mint leaves: 1/2 teaspoon (optional)
• Sesame seeds: 1/2 teaspoon
• Anardana (pomegranate): 1/4 teaspoon

Ingredients for Outer Crust:

• Refine flour (maida / All purpose flour): 3 cups
• Oil: 3 tablespoons
• Salt
• Carom seeds: 1/4 teaspoon
• Oil for frying
• Water as per requirement

Serves: 12 pieces
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Frying time: 25 minutes

Preparation:

• Soak moong in warm water for 3 hours and then boil(any method suitable as per your convenience).
• Squeeze out excess water. Heat oil and add cumin seeds,asafoitida and french beans.
• Add salt and cover the pan for 2 minutes and then add moong and green peas.
• Sauté for few seconds and add rest of ingredients . Mix properly and remove from heat and keep it at room temperature.
• Take flour in bowl add salt, oil and carom seeds and mix properly. Add water slowly and make semi soft dough so you can easily roll it.
• Divide in 12 pieces. Roll oval shape thin discs and cut in two part.
• Take one part and fold like ice cream cone and fill with stuffing. Apply little water on borders and fold properly (check the image above).
• Same way prepare all others.
• Take good amount of oil in the frying pan so that the samosa can be deep fried properly else it will stick to the bottom of the pan.
• Heat oil on slow flame and fry 2 to 3 samosa at a time (depends on frying pan size) till golden brown in color.
• Take a serving dish and put some tissue paper on them so as to soak excess oil from the samosas.
• Serve with green chutney and raw mango chutney.

Preparation for Mango Chutney:

• Chop and crush raw mango with jaggery, salt, red chili powder and roasted cumin powder.
• Add little water & mix well. You are all set.

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