Samosas #2
- 1 cup flour, all-purpose
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 3 tablespoons yogurt, plain
- 3 tablespoons water cold
- 1 medium potatoes peeled and diced
- 1 each carrots peeled and diced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup onions chopped
- 2 Cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger fresh, grated
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander ground
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 x cayenne pepper to taste
- 3/4 cup green peas thawed
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- To Make Dough:
- Sift flour and salt together into a mixing bowl.
- Add the melted butter and yogurt and stir with a wooden spoon until the dough resembles a coarse, crumbly meal.
- Add cold water by the tablespoon-ful until the dough can be gathered into a ball.
- Knead on a lightly floured surface for 5 to 10 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Shape into a ball and sit in a loosely covered bowl while you prepare the filling.
- To Prepare Filling:
- Cook potatoes and carrot in water until soft.
- Drain well, and set aside.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet, and the onion, garlic, and ginger and saute until soft.
- Add salt, coriander, cumin, tumeric, and cayenne, and cook, stirring, until mixture forms a paste and continue cooking for 2 mins.
- Add the drained vegs, and cook over med high heat, stirring constantly, for 5 mins.
- Carefully stir in thawed peas, add water and lemon juice, reduce heat to low, cover and cook another 5 mins.
- Remove filling from heat, and cool.
- To shape the samosas: Pinch off enough dough to make a ball 1 inch in diameter.
- On lightly floured surface, roll into a 3 1/2 to 4" circle.
- Cut the circle in half, moisten one of the edges and fold in over on itself and press to seal, making a cone shape.
- Fill the cone with vegetable mix.
- Press to seal.
- Or, cut into squares, fill, and fold into triangles.
- Heat oil in deep fryer to 370F (185C) and fry samosas, removing them as soon as they are brown and crispy.
- Drain on paper towelling, and keep warm in the oven until you have fried them all.
- *Filled samosas can be refrigerated in an air-tight container up to 3 hours before frying, but not overnight.
- Serve as an appetizer, with mango chutney as a side.
flour, salt, butter, yogurt, water cold, potatoes, carrots, butter, onions, garlic, ginger fresh, salt, coriander ground, cumin, turmeric, cayenne pepper, green peas, water, lemon juice
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/samosas-2-47809 (may not work)