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Samosa
How do you make tiny samosas? I don't cook at all and I am not from India/don't have relatives. I ate it somewhere once and it was delicious!
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Here is the recipe for the samosa, there could be meat or vegetable samosa, so i got both of them anyways, so here goes:
Meat or Vegetable Samosa
Vegetable filling:
4 T. of clarified butter or Ghee
1 lb. potatoes peeled and cut into 1/4" dice
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 C. peeled and finely chopped yellow onion
1 tsp. grated fresh ginger
2 tsp. Garam Masala
1 T. chopped fresh coriander
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp. turmeric
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
Salt to taste
Method:Heat a large frying pan and add the ghee, potatoes, garlic, onion, and ginger.
Cover and cook on low for 10 minutes, to sweat the potatoes down. Stir a few times. Don't brown.
Add remaining ingredients and continue cooking, covered, until the potatoes and peas are tender, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Ingredients for Dough:
2 C. sifted all-purpose flour
6 T. vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 C. water
Oil for frying
Method:Using a fork, blend the flour, oil, and salt. Add the water and knead to form smooth dough.
Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour. Knead the dough for 1 minute.
Cut in half. Cut each half into 12 pieces. Roll each in 7" circles using additional flour.
Cut each circle in half. Form a "cone". Fill and seal with water into a triange.
Fry in 2" of oil at 375 degrees for 2 to 3 minutes per side. Drain
Meat filling:
1 T. ghee
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 med. yellow onion peeled and finely chopped
1/2 lb. finely ground lamb
1/2 lb finely ground beef
1 tsp grated fresh ginger
2 tsp Garam Masala
1 T. chopped fresh coriander
1/2 tsp turmeric
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1/4 ground cinnamon
2 tsp fresh lemon juice salt to taste
Method: Saute all ingredients until they are crumbly and most of the liquid is absorbed. Set aside and cool.
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there's different types of samosas. but here's a list of recipes of different ones.
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browse around and see what it was that was absolutely delicious! happy cooking!
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