Potato samosa in Bengali style

Name: Potato samosa in Bengali style
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 medium size potatoes; 1 tbsp oil; 2 tbsp pachforon; 2 dry whole red chillies; 1 " ginger; 2 green chillies; 3 tbsp raw peanuts; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp or as per taste salt; 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp carom seeds; 3 tbsp ghee; 1/2 tsp or as per taste salt; 1/2 litre oil for deep fry

Debjani Dutta @cook_14360896

Kolkata

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Samosa is a popular street food of India , here I prepared typical Bengali samosa which is flavoured with 'panchforon', mishmash of five spices(cumin,saunf, black cumin, Fenugreek,ajmod). It's perfect for evening snacks .

Debjani Dutta @cook_14360896

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3 persons

For stuffing
4medium size potatoes
1 tbspoil
2 tbsppachforon
2dry whole red chillies
1 " ginger
2green chillies
3 tbspraw peanuts
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1 tsp or as per tastesalt
For outer layer
1 1/2 cupall-purpose flour
1/2 tspcarom seeds
3 tbspghee
1/2 tsp or as per tastesalt
1/2 litreoil for deep fry

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Firstly boil 75% of whole potatoes and then cut them into small chunks.(don't peeled)
2

Dry roast whole red chillies,pachforon and coarsely ground the spices; on the other side coarsely ground ginger and green chillies.
3

In a pan heat oil,add peanuts and fry it in medium-low flame for a minute, drain it and keep aside.
4

In same oil,add roasted coarsely ground pachforon, saute it till aroma comes out,then add coarsely ground ginger-chilli paste,saute it for 2-3 seconds.
5

Add boiled potato chunks,turmeric powder and salt,saute it for couple of minutes.
6

Lastly add fried peanuts,mix it properly,put off the flame.
7

Now samosa stuffing is ready, keep aside and let it cool down.
8

Let's start to make a dough for crispy outer layer ;in a bowl put flour,carom seeds, ghee and salt.
9

Mix all the ingredients properly, the mixture will turn crumbly.(as shown in fig)
10

Add chilled water with spoon in small quantity and prepare a firm dough, cover the dough with wet clean cloth and rest it for 30 minutes.
11

After resting time,knead the dough again for a couple of minutes, divide it into 6 equal portions and prepare round balls ; now take a ball,roll it into oval shape, cut from the middle and prepare two portions.
12

Take one portion,apply water with finger on the straight side, overlapping one side over another,seal it by pressing and prepare a cone.
13

Put 2 tbsp of stuffing in the cone, don't over fill it.
14

Again apply water on the edges, press it properly with finger to seal the edges, prepare remaining samosas in same process
15

Heat sufficient oil in a heavy bottomed pan in medium flame,add samosas and immediately reduce the flame to low, don't over crowd the pan,fry till they turn golden brown.
16

Serve hot with ketchup.