Homemade Samosas!

I tried two dough recipes for making samosas and I tried to make a few using chickpea flour. I ultimately decided that it was best to use all purpose flour and I preferred the second recipe for dough as described below courtesy of Manu's Menu. I favored the filling at Sound'Spicy. You can try making samosas with beef or chicken but I prefer the traditional and vegetarian potato and pea filling.


Courtesy of Sound Spicy
http://soundspicy.blogspot.com/2011/04/samosa.html


Samosa Dough (with all purpose flour)
Makes:12 Serves:6

Ingredients:

Dough/Coating: 

• Maida / All-purpose flour - 1-1/2 cup
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Ajwain/Carom seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Yogurt/Curd - 1 tbsp
• Warm Water - 1/4 cup

Filling/Stuffing:

• Potato (medium size) - 3 
• Fresh green Peas - 1/2 cup
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger - 1 inch piece
• Green chilly - 2
• Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
• Chaat masala - 1/2 tsp
• Amchoor powder - 1/2 tsp
• Lime juice - 1 tsp
• Cilantro - handful
• Salt

Chaat masala spice mix
Courtesy of the Epic Centre
http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/chaatmasala.html


Ingredients


4 teaspoons amchur powder
3 teaspoons roasted cumin seeds, ground
3 teaspoons ground black salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 pinch asafetida powder
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon roasted coriander seeds, ground
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon roasted fennel seeds or anise seed, ground
1/2 teaspoo ajwain
1/4 teaspoon ground dried mint
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika 


Samosa Dough from Manu's Menu 
http://www.manusmenu.com/samosas

Ingredients (makes 8 samosas):
1 cup flour
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
½ cup lukewarm water (to add little by little as required)
½ tbsp ajwain/carom seeds or cumin seeds (optional)