Samosas
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 7 medium potatoes
- 10 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 12 each fenugreek seeds
- 3 each red chili peppers dried
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- To make the pastry, combine the 2 cup of flour with 3 tablespoons oil.
- Add salt and mix.
- Add 1 cup of water a little at a time until you have a firm dough.
- Knead the dough well for 10 minutes or until the dough is elasticy and smooth.
- Form inot a ball, brush with a little oil, cover with a damp towel and set aside.
- To make the filling: Boil the potatoes and let them cool.
- You may peel them if you like, I choose not to.
- Dice them into bite-sized pieces.
- In a wok or very large skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
- When very hot, drop in the asafetida, 5 seconds later, add the fennel and cumin seeds.
- A few seconds later add in rapid succession the mustard seeds and fenugreek.
- As they begin to change colour and pop, add the chilies.
- As soon as the chilies swell and darken, add the potatoes, turmeric and salt.
- Fry gently, carefully turning the potatoes so as not to break them.
- Fry for 15 to 20 minutes until the potatoes are unevenly browned.
- Add lemon juice and mix well.
- Check the salt.
- Remove potatoes from the wok, place in a serving dish and crush coarsely with the back of a slotted spoon.
- Divide the dough into 28 to 30 equal balls.
- Flatten each ball and roll it out on a floured surface until it is approximately 4 inches in diameter.
- Cut each round in half.
- Taking one semicircle at a time, moisten half the length of the cut edge with a finger dipped in water.
- Form a wide cone with the semi-circle, using the moist section to overlap 1/4 inch and hold it closed.
- Fill samosa 3/4 full with stuffing.
- Moisten the inside edges of the opening and press it shut.
- Seal this end by pressing down on it with a fork as you would a pie crust.
- Do all the samosas this way, keeping them moist in a plastic wrap or under a damp towel until you are ready to fry
whole wheat flour, vegetable oil, salt, potatoes, vegetable oil, fenugreek seeds, red chili peppers, turmeric, salt, lemon juice
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/samosas-46591 (may not work)