ONION SAMOSA / IRANI SAMOSA

Onion Samosa is a mini samosa made using spring roll pastry or spring roll sheets and is a very popular Hyderabadi mini samosa which is usually accompanied with tea in Hyderabad. It is also popularly known as Irani samosa because it is sold in Irani tea shops and Irani cafe's.

INGREDIENTS:

Wheat flour - 1/2 cup

Maida - 1/2 cup

Sugar - pinch

Salt to taste

Ghee - 2 tsp 

Water as required

For Onion Filling:

Onion - 2 (small) chopped

Thin poha - 1/2 cup

Red chili powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1/4 tsp

Chat masala - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Green chili - 2

Coriander leaves 

METHOD:

Prepare sheets:

1. In a bowl, add wheat flour, maida, sugar, salt, and ghee.

2. crumble the dough.

3. Add water as required and knead to smooth dough and keep it aside for 20 - 30 mins.

4. Divide the dough into equal sized balls and roll it out very thinly in an oval or round shape.

5. Cut the sides and get to a perfect rectangle shape.

6. Put the sheet on hot tawa and roast for just 10 sec on both sides.

Prepare Stuffing:

1. In a large mixing bowl take chopped onions and poha.

2. Add red chili powder, garam masala, chat masala and salt.

3. Then add green chili and coriander leaves.

4. Mix well and keep aside.

Making samosa:

1. Start folding the samosa sheet into triangle and stuff the stuffing.

2. Seal with maida paste (mix maida and water to make a paste).

3.  Fold the sheet to form a triangle.

4. Deep fry to golden brown.