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Samosa recipe
Crispy, spiced pastries filled with savory goodness.
Ingredients
- 250 g all-purpose flour
- 100 ml water
- 300 g potatoes
- 150 g peas
- 1 unit onion
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 500 ml oil
How to make Samosa
- Boil 3 medium potatoes in salted water until tender, then drain and mash them.
- Mix the mashed potatoes with 100 g of peas, 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds, and 1 teaspoon of coriander powder.
- Chop 1 onion and sauté it in 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Add the sautéed onion to the potato mixture, stirring well to combine all ingredients evenly.
- In a mixing bowl, combine 250 g of all-purpose flour with enough water to form a smooth dough.
- Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let it rest for 20 minutes to relax the gluten.
- Roll out the dough into thin circles on a floured surface, and cut them into halves.
- Fill each half-circle with a spoonful of the potato mixture, folding and sealing the edges tightly.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat for frying the samosas until hot.
- Carefully add the samosas to the hot oil, frying them in batches until golden brown, about 5 minutes each.
- Remove the samosas from the oil and drain on paper towels to remove excess oil before serving.
- Serve the hot samosas with chutney or yogurt for dipping.
What is Samosa?
Samosa is a traditional dish from Tajikistan. It takes about 90 minutes to prepare, is considered medium to make at home, and uses 9 ingredients.
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