Samosa

Samosa -Crispy flaky deep fried pastry with spicy potato filling.

Samosa for me is King of Appetizers.

If I go to restaurants,the first thing I order is samosa.

I go to the party and I see samosa in menu & I am happy:-)

I am angry and if my hubby gets me a samosa I'm happy:-) and the list goes!

Samosa reminds me of  college days.There was a Punjabi stall close by and ,he used to make best samosas and jalebis,all time crowded..just can't forget the taste ! Our fun days were never complete without samosa.Gossip,chitchat,make bunk plans eating samosas:-).You might have similar ones too rite?

Well coming to the recipe ....

Outer Shell

 Maida/allpurpose flour 2 cups
3 Tbspn oil +1 Tbspn ghee
1/4 tspn ajwain(optional)
salt to taste
water to mix

1)Take a large bowl,add maida ,salt give it a mix.Next add oil and ghee and rub it into the flour for 2 min so the fat gets nicely coated to flour and you get nice flaky samosas.

2)Sprinkle few ajwain ,add water little at a time and make medium soft dough(It should be firm than chapati)

3)Cover it in wet cloth and set aside for atleast 20-30 min.

Filling

6 medium size..........Boiled smashed potato
2 Tbspn ....................Oil
2 Tbspn.....................Chopped coriander leaves
1.................................green chilly chopped
2 pinch......................Turmeric
2 pinch.......................Hing
1/4 tspn......................ginger grated
2 tspn.........................coriander powder
1/4 tspn.....................garam masala
1/2 tspn.....................chilly powder
cumin +mustard........1/4 tspn
salt to taste

1)In a pan add oil,when hot add cumin and mustard.Allow mustard to pop now comes turmeric,hing,ginger,greenchilly.Keep the flame low and add masala powders.

2)Add boiled mashed potatoes,boiled greenpeas,coriander leaves,salt to taste and mix well.

3)Your filling is ready.You can also add chopped onion and garlic paste to tempering to add a different taste.

Shape Up

1)Take a lemon sized dough,roll it thin to make a circle.
2)Take a knife,cut them into half.
3)Each piece makes one samosa.The bigger your circle,bigger the samosa,
4)Start making cone shape from one end.
5)Close the cone,sharpen the tip,press the ends well
5)Fill up the potato filling till 3/4th and close it(give a good press).
6)Let the samosa stand on the surface.

Below pics will give you good idea to shape it

Frying

1)Take a deep kadai,add oil for deep frying.
2)Make sure the oil is medium hot and not too very hot.
3)Drop ur samosas(i usually do 3 at a time)
4)Fry till golden brown.
5)Let it set on paper towels
6)Homemade samosas are ready to enjoy.

Serve it with green chutney and tamarind dates chutney

Impress your friends and family and enjoy your evening.A lovely teatime with samosa:-)

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Vegetable Churmuri/Easy Bhel-Healthy and Yummy

Whats this Churmuri??If u are not familiar with Bangalore/Mysore you probably will get this question.Churmuri can be called as instant bhel-you don't add chutneys to it.The ingredients is less but it tastes delicious.

Sometimes u don't have chutneys handy and u r lazy enough to make one then churmuri is the best quick fix.

I miss those park days in Bangalore,Cubban park,sanky tank.The most exciting moment in the park was to have churmuri.And the way they pack is so tempting...news paper and on top of that banana leaf,make a big cone and fill it up.Just can't wait for my next trip.

Also if you know any other best places to eat churmuri in Bangalore please post in comments...

Recently I tried adding extra vegetables to the original one you get in streets.And it turned out too yummy and definitely healthy.

Here is what u need:

Murmura/Kadlepuri-6 cups
1 big tomato or 2 small tomato chopped
1/2 big onion or 1 small chopped
red round raddish finely chopped -3
green onion finely chopped-3
cucumber peeled and finely chopped-3 Tbspn
lemon juice-1 Tbspn
sugar powdered-1/4 tspn
chaat masala-1 tspn
green chilly finely chopped-2
Cilantro finely chopped-2 Tbspn
Mixture/Namkeen-1 Cup
chakkli pieces/kodbale pieces(optional)-1 Tbspn (tastes great)
salt to taste

Once the cutting work is done ....churmuri is almost done!Isn't it easy??

How to Make:

1.Lets mix all the ingredients in a very big bowl except for mixture/namkeen.

2.Use your clean hands and give a good mix by pressing the ingredients so it turns it a little juicy.Continue for 2 more times.

3.Now add namkeen.Next comes murmura, make sure its crisp.You can microwave it for a minute or keep it in sunlight or carefully roast it in low flame

4.Give it a good mix in hand.

5.Adjust salt and sugar.

6.Enjoy with a cup of tea .

Note:I like more vegies in my churmuri..you can add extra murmura if u don't like it.Also u can be creative and make your own variation by adding boiled potato pieces,raw mango pieces,pineapple pieces.Let me know what u tried.


 

Healthy Poha Chat

Very easy to make!yet tasty and healthy.Munch on any time snack!.
Best tea time snack and surprise for friends  by making in 2 miuntes!

Thin Poha/paper avalakki - 2 cup
finely chopped onion -1
finely chopped tomato-1
chopped cilantro-6 strings
namkeen mixture - 4 tbspn
lemon juice-1/2 tspn
green chillies finely chopped-3
sugar-2 pinch
salt to taste

Add thin poha to microwave safe wide bowl and microwave high for 1 min,stir and microwave high for 1 min till its very crispy.Some microwave takes 30 sec more to make it crispy.

If u don't have microwave,keep it in the sunshine or just dry fry it in a wide pan on ur stove/cooktop until crispy.

Add all the ingredients and mix well.Ready to munch!