Samosas- From Scratch

Samosas are one of the street food items that we buy at regularly at home.Samosas are triangular shaped pastry shells with spicy filling in it.So I decided to try making these at home and the end result was delicious crispy samosas.Here goes the recipe:

Ingredients:
For the pastry:
1 Cup of All purpose flour(maida)
1 Tsp of Ajwain(Carom Seeds)
1 Tsp of Salt
2 Tbsp of Hot melted butter or Oil
Cold Water(as required to Knead the dough)

For the filling:
2 Medium Potatoes(chopped into small cubes)
2 Tbsps Oil
11/2 tbsps crushed coriander seeds(Dhaniya)
1 Tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 Tsp Chilli powder
Pinch of Turmeric
Salt as per taste
11/2 Tsps Coriander powder
1/2 Tsp Garam masala
1/2 Tsp Amchur powder(Dry mango powder)
A handful of chopped cilantro.

Method:
Heat oil in a pan.Add the cumin seeds and let it crackle.Add the crushed coriander seeds,then saute the cubed potatoes, turmeric,salt,chilli powder and coriander powder and allow the potatoes to cook thoroughly.Add the garam masala and amchur powder and saute for a minute or two.Switch of the heat and add chopped cilantro.Let the filling come to room temperature before filling into the pastry shells.

Take a bowl and add the all purpose flour,salt,carom seeds and hot oil or melted butter.Rub the dough until it looks like bread crumbs.Add the cold water as needed to form a dough until smooth.Cover it and keep it aside for about 20 minutes.After about 20 minutes knead the dough once again and divide it into balls of equal proportions.Roll out the dough not too big or too small into a round.Cut it in half and make a cone out of the half by sticking the edges with water.Fill the cone with a spoonful of the potato mixture and seal the edges with water.Repeat this procedure until all the pastry shells are filled.

Heat oil on a medium-low flame and fry the pastry shells to a golden brown colour on both sides and crisp.Drain the excess oil on a paper towel.

Serve hot samosas with mint chutney or tamarind chutney.