My samosa recipe - Indian snack - Old Indian Kitchen

How to make samosa at home - Old Indian Kitchen

A samosa or samoosa or singra is a fried or baked dish with a mix vegetable filling, it is one the most popular snacks in India. We generally love to have samosa at tea time, it completes our snacks plate in the evening time. Today I am going to share samosa recipe with potato filling, but you can prepare any favorite filling of your choice.

Ingredients:

For potato filling

• Boiled potato 2
• Green peas 2 tbsp
• Roasted cumin seed 1 tbsp
• Sabji masala 1 tbsp
• Chopped Onions 1 handful.
• Chopped Cashew 3 (optional)
• Fried peanuts 1 tbsp
• Chopped raw ginger 1/2 tbsp
• Salt
• Turmeric 1/2 tbsp

For samosa outer layer

1. Maida 60 grams.
2. Ghee/ vegetable oil 3 tbsp.
3. Black cumin seed 1/2 tbsp.
4. Ajwain 1/2 tbsp
5. Water
6. Curd 2 tbsp

Recipe:

1. Peeled the boiled potato.
2. Grate all.
3. Add fried peanuts, cumin seed, fried cashew
   
4. Heat 2 tbsp of oil.
5. Add the onions, peas and potatoes with all other ingredients.
6. Fry all and add salt.
7. If required add 3 tbsp water and dry out the stuffing.
8. Take out all in a plate.
   
9. Meanwhile make the dough using maida, ghee/vegetable oil, black cumin seed, ajwain, water and Curd.
10. Try to make it smooth and cover the dough with a wet cloth for 30 minutes.
11. After 30 minutes, make small balls (3 cm diameter) from the dough.
12. Roll on the balls, make oval shape.
13. Now cut it by half.
    
14. Make each piece a cone.
    
    
    
    
15. Fill that cone with potato stuffing.
16. Apply normal water in edges of  outer layer and seal it properly.
    
    
    
    
17. Now prepare all the samosa in the way.
18. If you wish you can deep fry each samosa in a deep cooking pot using 1 bowl of vegetable oil.
19. If you love backed samosa --- apply 1 tbsp oil to brush all the samosa very gently.
20. Now preheat the oven for 20 minutes and back all the samosa for 30 minutes in convection mood.
21. Serve it warm with any sauce of your choice.

Note:

We are using some basic ingredients in almost all the recipes. Here, we will try to mention all the benefits of each ingredient.

Jeera (cumin seed) benefits:
1. Jeera is beneficial for digestion
2. It Lowers cholesterol
3. It is Effective for diabetes
4. Jeera Boosts immunity
5. It helps in detoxing body
6. It is good for weight loss.
7. It is Good for liver protection


Dhaniya (coriander seed) benefits:
1. Dhaniya helps in UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
2. It decrease Blood Pressure.
3. It fight food poisoning.
4. It improve cholestrol levels.
5. It is very Good for digestion
6. It helps protect against cancer.

Black Pepper powder benefits:
1.It assist in breakdooown of fat cells.
2.It helps to cure some skin disease.
3.It gives relief in  cold, cough.
4.It helps to fight against infections and insect bites.

Onion benefits:
1.Onion is a good source of vitamin C.
2.Onion improves the immunity system of human body.
3.Onion regulates the blood sugar.
4.Onion (raw onion)keep your heart healthy by reducing the production of bad cholestrol.
5.Onion is reducing the risk of gastric ulcers.

Garlic benefits:
1.Garlic is a natural blood purifier.
2.Garlic is good for reliefing cold and flu.
3.Garlic and mustard oil hot mixer is very good for massage.
4.It is very good for high blood pressure.
5.Garlic can prevent heart disease.
6.Garlic may help you live longer.

Ginger benefits: 
2.It is good for thyroid patients.
3.It helps reducing nausea.
4.It helps in food digestion.
5.It helps in reducing muscle pain.
6.Ginger is good home remedy for cold and cough.

Pach Phoron and benefits:
 Panch Phoron is a combination of five spices in a equal amount, named fenugreek seed, nigella seed or kalonji, cumin seed, black mustard seed and fennel seed.
Benifits:
1.You will get benifits of five seeds in a same time in one recipe.
2.It very easy to use pach phoron in preparing lenthils.
3.It will satisy your taste because all the seeds have different, nice flavour.
4.It is usefull in preparing pickles.

Fenugreek seed benefits:
1.It is good for high bp patient.
2.It is also benificial for diabetic patient.
3.It helps to reduce cholesterol.
4.It helps to relieve sore throat pain and cough.
5.It is very good for new mothers.

Black mustard seed benefits:
1. It is good for skin and hair.
2.It fights against infection.
3.Mustard seed slows ageing.
4.Also mustard seed can prevent many disease.

Nigella or kalonji seed benefits:
1.It is very helpful in different disease.
2.It is good in cold.
3.It is natural fertilizer booster.

Fennel seed benefits:
1. It helps in weight loss.
2. It is good for liver.
3. It is good for eyesight.
4. It helps purify blood.
5  It is a natural mouth freshner.

Garam masala (Mixer of cinnamon + cloves + cardamom) benefits:
1. Garam masala is a immunity booster.
2. It is helpful in weight loss.
3. It helps in digestion.
4. It helps in lowering blood sugar levels.

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