Baked Samosa with Beetroot yoghurt dip

Name: Baked Samosa with Beetroot yoghurt dip
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 10 samosa
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cup All purpose flour; 3 tbsp vegetable margarine or regular cooking oil; 1 tsp carom seeds or ajwain; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tbsp milk to brush the dough; 2 large boiled potatoes; 1/2 cup mix veg like green peas, chopped carrot & sweet corn; 2 tsp cooking oil; 3 pods garlic; 2 green chillies chopped; 1 bunch chopped coriander leaves; 2 tsp whole coriander seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp chilli flakes; 1/2 tsp asafoetida; 1/2 tsp dry pomegranate seeds; 1/2 tsp dry mango powder

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

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Samosa is one of the most popular street food or snacks in India. Today I am sharing a very tasty and healthy version of somosa. I baked these samosa to make them little healthy and they are really temting.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

40 minutes

10 samosa

2 1/2 cupAll purpose flour
3 tbspvegetable margarine or regular cooking oil
1 tspcarom seeds or ajwain
1/2 tspsalt
1 tbspmilk to brush the dough
For stuffing
2large boiled potatoes
1/2 cupmix veg like green peas, chopped carrot & sweet corn
2 tspcooking oil
3 podsgarlic
2green chillies chopped
1 bunchchopped coriander leaves
2 tspwhole coriander seeds
1 tspcumin seeds
1/2 tspchilli flakes
1/2 tspasafoetida
1/2 tspdry pomegranate seeds
1/2 tspdry mango powder

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Steps

40 minutes

1

In a mixing bowl add all purpose flour, salt, vegetable shortening or oil,carom seeds and mix well to form a crumbly texture.
2

Add water and make a stiff dough. Cover and keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
3

Heat a pan and dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds and kasuri methi. Grind them coarsely.
4

Take garlic pods, green chillies and coriander leaves and grind to make a paste.
5

Heat oil in a pan, add asafoetida and grinded paste. Saute for few seconds.
6

Mash the boiled potato and add to the pan. Add also the mix veggies.
7

Mix well with the paste. Add coarsely ground spice powder and salt. Mix well. Add dry pomegranate seeds and mango powder.
8

Take the lime size ball from the dough and roll it to make a oblong shape sheet with little thick and about 5-6 inch diameter.
9

Cut the sheet into half. Take one half of the sheet and brush the straight side of the sheet with little water.
10

Take one edge of the straight side and place it on the other edge of the straight side in such a way that it forms a cone.
11

Pinch the corner of the cone so that it seals nicely.
12

Place 1&1/2 tbsp of filling making sure to fill 3/4th of the cone.
13

Brush the inside of the remaining part of cone with water.
14

Now with your fingers fold a little the longer side of the cone and then seal both the edges with your fingers.
15

Samosa is ready, make all the samosas and keep in the baking tray.
16

Brush each samosa with milk & bake at 200 C until they become light golden brown and crisp.
17

For the yoghurt dip, grate a small piece of beetroot, keep in a small napkin, fold and squeeze to extract juice.
18

Add the juice to some beaten yoghurt, also add a pinch of salt and black salt,.
19

Mix well to make a thick pink yogurt dip.
20

Serve hot with the prepared yoghurt dip and sweet tamarind sauce.