Today as soon as I opened my inbox, the first thing that drew my attention was Dhivya’s sweet letter! 🙂 I immediately decided to post the long overdue samosas, which have indeed become cold lying in the photo section of our blog for too long! 😀 It would be a lie to say that I could’nt type the recipe which takes only 15 minutes . The computer was not available to me for 2 weeks in December and I just lost the habit of blogging. Dear Srivalli I am finally posting the samosas which you saw in my flickr account! Thanks dhivya for inspiring me to start blogging regularly again and obviously this is my entry for the Potato Fe(a)st hosted by you! 🙂
Roll into triangles and place the filling in the center.
Bring the corners together and seal the edges well.
Ingredients
For the filling
- Potato – 1/2 kg
- Green peas – 1/2 cup
- Onion – 1 large
- Ginger – 1/4 inch finely chopped
- Green chillies- 2 nos
- Curry leaves – 1 twig
- Coriander leaves – 2 twigs
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon
- Hing – 1/4 teaspoon
- Cashews – 4 nos
- Oil – 2 teaspoons
- Salt – to taste
- Garam masala powder – 1 teaspoon (optional)
For the covering
- Maida – 1 cup
- Salt – 2 pinches
- Ghee – 1 table spoon
- Oil for deep frying – 2 cups
Method
- Wash and pressure cook the potatoes. Steam the peas in a MW for 3 minutes.
- Skin the potatoes and allow to cool. Finely chop the cashews, onion, ginger, green chillies, coriander leaves and curry leaves.
- On a medium flame, heat 2 teaspoon oil in a kadai, add cashews. Once it is light golden, add onions and other chopped ingredients and keep stirring.
- Add the green peas, turmeric, garam masala, hing and salt. Mix well.
- Mash the potatoes and add to the kadai and mix well. cook for a minute, stirring continously and put off the flame.
- In a bowl mix maida, salt and ghee. Add very little water to form a stiff dough.
- Make 1 inch balls out of the dough and roll into thin triangles as shown in the picture.
- Place some filling in the center and close the triangle to form a pyramid as shown in the picture. Press the edges well to seal. You can prepare these samosas and keep in the fridge for 1 hour before frying.
- Fry the samosas in oil on medium flame. Serve with Tomato ketchup.
Tips
The potatoes should be mashed only after they cool. This keeps he filling dry and the samosa stays crisp. You can pressure cook the potatoes atleast an hour earlier.
The outer covering dough must be stiff. If it is soft the samosas will become soggy very soon.
Keeping the samosas in fridge in a flat container before frying also helps to get crisp samosas.
Update
Just got to know from my BBF Asha that Sia of monsoon spices is also hosting a potato event An Ode to Potato. I would like to include a few of our older posts for the events.
You can add Sia too, she announced a potato event!:))
Looks good Latha. I will be making some of these for Super Bowl on Sunday too but international style!
Samosas look yummy Latha!
Amazing! 🙂 I just visited your blog and you are in mine! 🙂 latha.
Wooh-hoo your samosas look fantastic what great entry too!! I am going to bookmark this recipe and I really would love to try your recipe out 😀 Thanks SO MUCH for sharing!
Rosie x
Dear Lathamma, its been a while that I saw u or came in touch with u..I was sort of missing u..:(.. I have a surprise for u.. will email u about it.. 😀
The samosas look soo crispy and yummy.. feeling like gobbling up all of them with tomato ketchup!
take care n Hugs to u n lakshmi..
~ Siri
yummy recipe after a long break.Looking
more of ur recipes
oh latha maami… i am floored. they look so crisp and tasty. wish i could eat right off the screen.
i am so glad to see ur post after many days. hope u r keeping well.
and thank you for ur wnderful entries. i will look forward to ur mail 🙂
hugs to u.
Good to see you back Latha mami. Those samosas are truly tempting.
Looks great Latha, love the shape…perfect!!! 🙂
Latha ma …. I absolutely love it. Always wanted to make it but didn’t know how to do the outer cover. Will try it soon. Thabks for sharing the detailed pictures.
They are soooooooooooooo wonderful. Thank U lathamma. I am honored by your sweetness too and proud of the fact that I managed to bring you out of your hibernation. Guess many will thank me :-D. Luking fwd to your mail with your scrumptious entries 🙂
Lovely samosas.. wish i could grab one.,. its snowing here crazily – only 8inches! I would love hot samosas & coffee please!
Love samosas. Can have them any time. Thanks for the recipe.
“Just lost the habit of blogging.”? Naheen……………., you can not do that to us Latha.
Nice tips to make crispy samosas.Thank you for sharing.Hope to see you back soon.
Hi Latha,
Thanks for stopping by. I have posted the arusuvai recipe. Do chk it out and tell me what you think! Its available at
http://timidcook.blogspot.com/2008/01/arusuvai-friendship-chain-amaranth.html
They look so yummy lathamma…nice to see you back!..
Know what??? I searched your recipe index twice after seeing that pic on your blog :-))
Lovely looking samosas…..thx.
latha!!! Spicy n yummy samosas, I remember back at home, i used to beg my sister to make them everyweek as they were always my fav snack to munch on!!!
I llllove the recipe and pics!!!
can’t wait to try
Nice to see you back Ma!! 🙂
Samosas are Yummmmmmy..where’s your spl filter coffee? 🙂
so didnt note JFI-onions ma?..hmm lets see what you make 🙂
Samosa chai….perfect snack combo for us…since college and even today in our office canteen
Nice and easy way of folding the samosas….
Ohhhhhhh I love samoasas.
It is ages ago i made them. These looks so good.
I have never added curry leaves to the mix. Will try next time when i make samosa.
this is a perfect comfort food..as a teatime snack!!!
beautifullll samosas
Love samosas. Your way of shaping the samosa wraps is easier than mine. Will try this next time.
Samosas look great. I made them once but it took me a long time to make them and they disappeared in 10 mins. SHould try again.
Its going to rain here ..And i am dying to have this now ..awesome …lady ….
Glad to see you are back from hibernation. I recently stuck my head out of my burrow too:) Love samosa! Try adding some Pudina and sounf next time. It adds to the flavour. BTW, I managed to write up my kitchen disaster that Lakshmi tagged me for finally after 4 months:) Better late than never!
wow, that looks delicious 🙂 we were craving samosa last week and got some from the store… will try your version the next time!
I hereby invite myself to ur place the next time u make samosas, may I??
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I am so glad that you have posted this. Thanks Dhivya for lighting the fire under her 🙂
Latha, an apt evening snack. Good to see you back in full swing Latha. Viji (Vcuisine)
its tea time here, i fell like grabbing them right from the picture. Maaann, How I wish dieting and samosas go well together 🙂
Hello my BFF,
Ohh! I like the triangle shape, I usually make half moon and get it over with. Looks delcious Latha, glad to see you back
Tushar was down with cold,so I am taking it easy too but got to cook and clean as usual, no break for me!:D
Hope everything is okay there!:)
I can understand that things are truly hectic around you..
Kindly accept The Nice Matters Award to you from my blog, Amma 😀
Ooh! I could eat some hot samosas right now! nice one guys!:)
Wishing you a very Happy Valentines Day! 😀
I would like to present you on this Valentines Day a Red Rose.
http://rosiebakesapeaceofcake.blogspot.com/2008/02/for-my-valentine-cupcakes.html
Rosie x
Hi Latha,
Nice to see ur post. LOoks crispy. Perfect snack for tea.Thanks for sharing.
Yummy samosas…!
can’t find the comment I left… anyway… these make me drool
I came across your blog very very recently and I must say I absolutely LOVE it 🙂
Where are you Latha and Lakshmi? Hope you are all doing well. Been a while since we heard from you!
Yum gals, where have you disappeared? 😦
Ok Time’s Up! I cant wait any more! When are u coming back 😦
hellooooooooooo, knock knock!!!!
Just popped in to say hi and see how you were doing? Hope you see more of your great recipes soon.
Helloo Hope both of you are doing well in B’lore.
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thanks a lot for this recipe. U have a great blog
hi
Tried your recipy ! Wonderful Samosas !
You have won our hearts again !
Thank you very very much for the blog.
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Unfair, these look too good! Because I am addicted to samosa, I limit the damage by baking them when I make them at home. Different but delicious! You can see pictures on my blog: http://mangosoup.blogspot.com/2009/08/baked-wholemeal-samosas.html
I always get samosas from a all-vegetarian Indian restaurant in the Toronto area. They always include this incredible, homemade green sauce. Do you know what this sauce is called and how to make it?
Yes, i’m hungry 🙂
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Yummy… Yummy… Yummy… 🙂
Wow! Absolutly cool. I’m so hungry 😀