Chicken Samosa

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Description:

           Samosa is a  very popular snack item. There are varieties of samosas like vegetable samosas, Chicken or Beef samosa etc. Here is my recipe for Chicken samosa.

Ingredients:

1. All purpose Flour - 2 cups

2. Boneless Chicken - 2cups

3. Carrots - 1

4. Potatoes - 2

5. Coriander leaves

6. Capsicum - 2

7. Ginger

8. Garlic

9. Frozen Peas

10. Chilli powder - 1tsp

11. Pepper powder  -1/2 tsp

12. Garam masala - 1 tsp

13. Chat masala - 1/2 tsp

14. Cumin whole

15. Oil

16. Water

17. Salt to taste

Procedure:

             Readymade samosa sheets are sold in supermarkets nowadays. I made the samosa sheets at home. Its very easy to make and moreover we can use it fresh. First take the flour in a bowl, add salt, whole cumin and 2- 3 tsp of oil. Now knead the flour and keep the dough aside for atleast 1 hour to set. Lets make ready the fillings by the time the dough gets set. Cut the boneless Chicken into small pieces, add little chili powder, pepper powder, salt and cook it. It will be good if the chicken is kept for marination before cooking. Now chop the Ginger, Garlic into  small pieces. Take the carrots, Capsicum and Potatoes, then cut it into small cubes. 

             Take a pan and heat the oil. First add the finely chopped ginger and garlic. Then goes in the  potatoes and Carrots and cook it for few minutes. Then add the chopped Capsicum and the Peas. Now add the masalas Garam masala, chat masala, Chilli powder, little pepper powder and a pinch of turmeric powder. Mix well and cook with lid closed.  Next goes in the  chicken. Mix slowly so all the masalas coats properly on the vegetables and Chicken. If you want to mash the potatoes in the filling you can do it here or just let it be like cubes. Switch off the stove and finally add chopped Coriander leaves.

                 Lets make the samosa sheet now. Take the dough that we have kept to set. Kneed the dough again with hands and divide it into 10-11 balls. Keep all balls covered while you work on one at a time. Roll each ball out into a 7 inch (18 cm) round.Cut it in half with a knife. Take one half and make a cone of it. Use water to seal the side and edges of the cone. Once the cone is made, fill it with 2 tsp of the chicken mixture. Seal the open edges with water. Repeat this process for all the remaining balls.

                   Now we can start the frying process. Pour oil in a wok/skillet for deep frying. Drop the samosas one by one into the oil and deep fry it. Turn both sides and cook till the samosas starts get golden in colour. Try to fry the samosas in batches. Chicken samosa is ready to be served with Tamarind chutney or Mint Chutney or even ketchup.  Enjoy Chicken samosas.