Vegetable Potato Fried Pastry/ Samosa

Vegetable Potato Fried Pastry/ Samosa

Samosas are cheap and easily available snack in India. Samosas are always appetizing. Served with tea, they form the basis of the perfect snack.

It is so popular snack, which makes so many people happy and makes living so many untrained cooks all over India. From taste to price to making living of small shop and untrained cook, makes this snack THE KING SNACK OF INDIA.

A samosa is a stuffed pastry and a popular snack in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Southwest Asia, the Arabian Peninsula. It generally consists of a fried or baked triangular, semi lunar or tetrahedral pastry shell with a savory filling, which may include spiced potatoes, onions, peas, coriander, and lentils.

Vegetable Potato Samosa—it is the most popular snack item available all over India. Made with same ingredients all over India and sold like hot cakes from street vendor to any fine dine restaurant.

The word "samosa" can be traced to the Persian سنبوساگ sanbosag.The pastry name in other countries also derives from this root, such as the crescent-shaped sanbusak or sanbusaj in Arab countries, sambosa in Afghanistan, samosa in India

Following quotes, definitions mentioned in Wikipedia.

It is believed that it originated in Central Asia (where they are known as samsa) prior to the 10th century. Abolfazl Beyhaqi (995-1077), an Iranian historian has mentioned it in his history, Tarikh-e Beyhaghi. It was introduced to the Indian subcontinent in the 13th or 14th century by traders from the region.

Amir Khusro (1253–1325), a scholar and the royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate, wrote in around 1300 that the princes and nobles enjoyed the "samosa prepared from meat, ghee, onion and so on".

Ibn Battuta, the 14th century traveller and explorer, describes a meal at the court of Muhammad bin Tughluq where the samushak or sambusak, a small pie stuffed with minced meat, almonds, pistachio, walnuts and spices, was served before the third course, of pulao.

The Ain-i-Akbari, a 16th century Mughal document, mentions the recipe for 'Qutab', which it says, “the people of Hindustan call sanbúsah”.

The samosa was brought to India, where it is so famous, by Muslim traders and soldiers. Small, crisp, mince-filled samosas were easy to make around campfires during night halts, then conveniently packed into saddle bags as snacks for the next day’s journey.

It is interresting facts, i will find today while researching on Samosa.I feel good when know that this is really a classic snack as per western cooking system.

Here in India we don't have good chef and cooking schools where we can make system of classic ,historical, modern or fusion dishes.

MAKING OF VEG.SAMOSA.

Simple preparation time 40 mins.and 5 mins cooking time.

MAKING SAMOSA OVERLAP

1and1/2 cup all flour (Maida)
Water to Knead dough
2tbsp oil
salt to taste
STUFF
2-4 Potatoes (boiled, peeled & mashed)
1/2 cup Green Peas (boiled)
1-2 Green Chilies (finely chopped)
1tbsp coriander finely chopped
1/2tsp Garam masala
Salt to taste
Red chili powder to taste
OVERLAP COVER DOUGH

ADD Flour with salt and mix littler water to knead. Make hard mix so that you can roll on pin. Keep this mix in cotton cloth for 30 minutes.

STUFF

Mix boiled potato, peas, red chili and green chili without making it too soft.

To Cook

Heat vegetable oil in deep fry pan. Make rolls of dough in 5 inch diameter and cut into 2 parts. Take one half in hand to fill stuffing in a manner you get triangle shape. Seal it with little water and oil they roll. Deep fry them till it gets brown crispy color.

SERVING with sauce or chutney of your choice. Sometime people serve with chick pea’s curry also.

Tomato Ketchup or Tamarind dips.

I will talk about dips and chutney in another post,it is too big as we live by these chutney all over India.

WHERE TO BUY---Normally every shopping market have them in any sweet shop or snack counter all over New Delhi.

I suggest narrow streets of Old Delhi, Bengali market in Central Delhi. Halidram outlets in south Delhi.

PRICE—INR 5TO 20 in shops. Fine dine normally serves them in coffee shops, price can be 125 INR.

SUGGESTION TO EAT—where you can see deep frying cook in front of you….don’t worry all is hygienic stuff these days…….