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
- 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
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)
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)
