
The typical accompaniments that go with samosas are Mint Chutney, Chole or any sweet-spicy sauce !
The samosas were such a hit that i made them again yesterday – the pictures are a mix from both the days !!
Ingredients:-
For the Pastry/Covering
- All Purpose Flour – 1 cup
- Semolina – 1/4 cup
- Carom seeds , Fennel Seeds – 1/2 tsp(ajwain)
- salt to taste
- Oil – 2 tbsp
- Water – as required
- Boiled Potatoes – 2
- Fresh Green Peas – 1 cup
- Peanuts – 1/2 cup (optional)
- Onion – 1 (finely chopped)
- Fennel Seeds – 1 tbsp
- Green Chilli- 1 (to taste)
- Salt – to taste
- Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Raisins- a few
- Cashew (broken ) – a few
- Maggi tatse maker – 1 tbsp
- Butter – 1 tbsp
Here’s How:-
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Making the dough for the shell
- In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients for the crust and add water as required to knead it in to a stiff dough. keep it covered for some time.
Make the filling
In a kadai heat the butter and let the fennel seeds splutter. Stir in the garlic pieces & the green chillis . Let them sizzle for a while before adding onions. Add green peas to the translucent mix and cook for a while. Now add the taste maker and salt.
Finally add the mashed potatoes along with raisins & cashews. Cook till the flavours blend. Garnish with coriander leaves.
You can bring sizzle to your palate by having fun with the ingredients ! I replaced fresh peas with peanuts for a batch – tht filling was fun too !
Cone me pretty
Mix a little flour with water and keep aside ( this is for sealing the edges) .
Take a medium sized ball and spread it flatly in to thin disc.Cut them into half !
Take a half and fold one side in to a triangle ; brush the seam of the unfolded part with the flour paste (or water).
Close the dampened side and shape it into a cone as shown and fill in a scooped heap of the filling.
Damp the edges with the flour-water mix and seal them well. Give it a slight pinch at the end to complete the look.
Repeat the same for the rest of the dough.
Keep oil in a pan and once it becomes hot deep fry the samosas till golden brown. Serve hot with chutney or sauce.
With Mint Chutney
Munching these crispy delights, i decided to take samosa eating affair to a more healthy and guilt free trip by making a batch of samosas with wheat flour & baking them !
The crust of the samosa saw the following combo – 1 cup of wheat flour, 1/4 cup semolina and 1 tbsp of maida along with fennel & carom seeds
Following the same steps for making the cone & sealing them, the wheat-flour samosas are ready to be baked !
Preheat the oven to 175 C. Lightly grease the potato stuffed samosa and bake them for 20-25 minutes ! Once in a while, do flip the sides to ensure it is browned fully on all sides.

Enjoy !


It reminds me the samose wale mamaji…he used to sell samosas at 2 rupees per plate, later increased to 5 rupees and after his death his son made it to 10 rupees…
We were children and he used to give us two samosas free for each purchase. My sister like samosas a lot though we never tried it at home.
Your presentation is very good. I am on a low oil diet or else I would have certainly tried this at home :)
@ pillai– u can certainly try the baked ones !
@ pilla- thanks for the quick reply !!! and hey am still smiling at ur (or rather ur friend's) pasta fiasco
Samosas are my fav Priya,both versions look delicious.
priya, the samosas look gorgeous- could gobble them up with my coffee now! fantastic stuff
Samosas looks soo perfect.Wish I could try one now.
would like to reach out for one.
Hi Priya, your Samosas look lovely and perfect. I've earlier tried Samosas with store bought ones for the crust. Preparing it ourselves looks so simple… This is bookmarked!!
looks lovely my fav tea time snack :)
Lovely samosas. Love to have it…
samosas looks crispy and yummy
Ever since reading Madhur Jaffrey's Memoir, I've wanted to eat some authentic samosas. I crave them when I think about them. Yours look absolutely perfect, just like I envisioned. So glad you shared them w/ the hearth and soul hop this week =)
Really samosas are gud. Plz send some here for coffee time.GRT going
Both looks super tempting and my all time fav..
Great demo with pics:-) yuummy
But if u offer me both..I will definetly go for fried ones:-)
Perfect and yummy! My choice definitely the baked version ones…
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oh this looks like it's straight from a roadside halwai..ship me some please..yummy!!!
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Both versions looks absolutely delicious, yummy…
perfect samosas….simply superb…
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Akila
I love samosas but it is long time since I had it I liked both your versions but my choice is always baked ones
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