Samosa is a famous street food not only in Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat but all over India and abroad and served as a tea time snack. The Authentic samosas have been made up with boiled potato stuffing. However now a day it’s been served using a variety of stuffing’s like Patti samosa (Fried Onion and gram flour stuffing), Sweet Poha samosa, Chocolate samosa, Chinese samosas etc.
This is baked version of samosa. Oil-free and healthy to eat.
Green Paste - Blend green chilies, garlic cloves and ginger into a coarse paste.
Covering Dough - In a bowl take Maida, salt, and ghee. Mix well using fingertips till it forms a crumbly texture.
Add crushed carom seeds, start adding water slowly at a time knead it into a little stiff dough. Cover and keep aside.
Stuffing ââ¬â Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add Cumin seeds and crushed coriander seeds. Let it splutter.
Add finely chopped onion and salt. Cook till translucent.
Add prepared green paste. Coo till raw aroma goes away.
Add turmeric, coriander, cumin and red chili powder, asafoetida. Stir for few seconds.
Add boiled, roughly chopped potatoes and green peas. Mix well till mixture incorporates well with each other.
Add Crushed cashew nuts and broken raisins. Mix well.
Add finely chopped coriander and lemon juice. Stir well.
Slurry ââ¬â Take flour or Maida in a small bowl. Add sufficient water and mix it well. Prepare little thick slurry.
Assembling ââ¬â Preheat oven to 180-degree C.
Take a small portion of dough and make a ball. Grease rolling board with little oil. Roll it evenly from all the sides. It should be little thick. Cut into semicircles.
Join the edges to make a cone. Apply some slurry. Press gently to seal the cone.
Fill the cone with 1 ½ tbsp. prepared stuffing.
Apply some slurry. Bring the edges together and seal it. Make sure samosa is been sealed properly. Repeat. Keep all samosas ready for baking.
Align samosas in baking tray. Brush them with some oil or ghee.
Bake in preheated oven for 18 minutes. Apply some oil on top. Increase the temperature to 200-degree C and bake it again for 2-3 minutes or until top turns golden brown and crisp.
Donââ¬â¢t overbake else covering will become hard.
Serve hot with coconut chutney or Roasted Peanut Chutney or tomato ketchup.
Notes
Don’t overbake else covering will become hard.
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