Tasty Samosas

Samosas have been a extremely popular snack in India for many years. They make a great finger food for parties. Serve with Cilandro dips and Sweet & sour dipping sauce. Try them in your next dinner party and you'll see!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup maida (Plain flour)
• 2 tsp ghee, melted
• salt to taste
• 1 cup potato, boiled and cubed
• 1/2 green peas, boiled
• 1 tsp jeera (Indian cumin)
• 2 tbsp capsicum, chopped
• 2 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
• 1/4 tsp hing (Indian spice)
• 2 tsp amchur (The spice amchur is unripe or green mango fruits which have been sliced and sun dried)
• 1 tsp dhania-jeera powder (A blend of powdered cumin seed and coriander seed)
• 1/2 tsp garam masala (Indian spice)
• 2 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

The Indian spices mentioned are all avaliable at your Asian grocery store.

Method
For the samosa covering:

1. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. Take some water and knead into a firm dough.
2. Divide the dough into 6 equal parts and roll each part into 5" x 2" oval.
3. Keep aside.

For the samosa filling:

1. Heat the oil in a pan and put the jeera. When they crackle put the ginger-green chilli paste and hing.
2. Fry for 1 minute and also put the green peas, capsicum, potato, amchur, dhania-jeera powder, garam masala and salt.
3. Mix properly and mash gently.
4. Take out from the fire and keep it cool.
5. Divide into 12 equal parts and keep aside.

For the samosas:

1. Divide each samosa covering oval into 2 halves.
2. Make a cone from each part and stuff with the filling.
3. Use a little water to seal the edges properly.
4. Repeat the same procedure to make the remaining 11 samosas.
5. Deep fry in hot oil on a slow heat till it turns golden brown.
6. Ready to serve.
7. Enjoy! 

(Source: recipesindian.com)