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Samosas

Diana Green
Popular Indian Snack. Hot or Cold
Print Recipe
Prep Time 1 hr
Cook Time 30 mins
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 25 Samosas

Equipment

  • Deep Fat Fryer Or deep saucepan for frying

Ingredients
  

Samosa Pastry

  • 500 g SR Flour extra flour for rolling
  • 60 ml Olive Oil
  • pinch Salt
  • Water to bind

Samosa Filling

  • 500 g New Potatoes
  • 4 Carrots
  • 300 g Green Beans
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 1 tblsp Grated Root Ginger
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 20 Curry Leaves
  • 1 tsp Grated Fresh Turmeric
  • 1 Chilli
  • 1 tblsp Garam Masala
  • 400 ml Coconut Milk

Instructions
 

Samosa Pastry

  • Mix olive oil into flour
  • Add salt
  • Add enough cold water to form a stiff dough
  • Knead pastry for a few minutes
  • Cover with T towel and leave to rest for approx 10 mins
  • Cut into small balls of approx 35 g
  • Roll each ball into a round and cut in half
  • Moisten long edge of pastry and fold into a cone
  • Fill cone with samosa mixture and seal
  • Fry in hot oil for approx 6 mins

Samosa Filling

  • Chop potatoes and carrots into small chunks
  • Chop onion finely
  • Chop chilli finely
  • Crush garlic
  • Chop green beans into small pieces
  • Grate ginger and turmeric
  • Add oil to pan and fry mustard and cumin seeds until popping
  • Add onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, chilli and curry leaves
  • When onion has softened add potato and carrot and continue to fry for about 5 mins
  • Add coconut milk and garam masala and simmer until potatoes are soft
  • Boil beans in water until soft and add to mix when cooked
  • Leave samosa mix to cool

Notes

Leave out the chilli if you wish.
Try using frozen peas if no green beans available
Curry leaves and fresh turmeric can be purchased from Asian stores and kept in the freezer
Keyword Vegetarian