Aloo Pudina Koora
Ingredients:
- Potatoes
– 4 (300gms0
- Green
Chilies – 3
- Dried
Mint Leaves – 1 1/2Tbsps (1gm)
- Cumin
Seeds – 1/2tsp
- Coriander
Powder – 1tsp
- Red
Chili Powder – 1/4tsp
- Turmeric
Powder – 1/4tsp
- Salt
– To Taste (3/4tsp)
- Dried
Mango Powder (Amchur) – 1/2tsp
- Oil
– 3Tbsps
Preparations:
Take
potatoes into a bowl & add water. Wash the potatoes thoroughly. Into a
pressure pan add 125ml water and place a colander into it. Add washed potatoes
to the colander and cover the pressure pan. Cook the potatoes in pressure pan
on steam. After first whistle cook potatoes on low flame for 7 minutes. Remove
the cooked potatoes and cool them for a while. Peel the boiled potatoes and cut
them into small pieces.
Wash
the green chilies and chop them finely.
Heat
a pan and add the dried mint leaves. Fry stirring for few seconds till the mint
leaves become crisp. Take these dried mint leaves into a plate and crush them
with fingers.
Method:
Heat
a pan and add oil to it. When oil is hot add the cumin seeds followed by
chopped green chilies. Fry the ingredients stirring till green chilies are
crisp. Then add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder and dried
mango powder. Mix well and add boiled potato pieces. Mix well to coat the
spices and then add salt and crushed mint leaves. Mix all well and fry the
curry for two minutes. Once done, transfer the curry to a bowl and allow it to
cool.
Meanwhile
let us prepare dough for covering of Samosas.
Covering Of Samosas:
Ingredients:
- Maida
– 80gms (1/2Cup)
- Nigella
Seeds (Kalonji) – 1/8tsp
- Salt
– 1/8tsp
- Oil
– 10ml or 10gms
- Water
25ml (Approximately)
Preparations:
Take
maida into a mixing bowl and add salt and nigella seeds (kalonji). Mix well
and add oil to the flour. Incorporate the oil well into the flour and make a
dough adding water little by little. Make a stiff
dough and smoothen it by kneading well. Cover the dough and allow it to rest
for 20 minutes.
Making Samosas:
After
20 minutes, observe tiny spots of salt on the dough. Knead the dough well and
divide it into three equal portions. Smoothen out each ball by rolling between
palms. Take a ball and start rolling. Lift the dough disc in between so that it
doesn’t stick to the rolling board. Roll to the size of a palm and then stretch
it by rolling into an oval shape. While rolling, maintain the thickness by
lifting the disc at intervals. Now fold the puri to
half and cut it at the mark to get two equal sized semi circular puris. Take these discs into a plate and cover with another
plate to retain moisture. Make another foor semi
circular disc with the remaining two dough balls. Stack all the semi circular puris in the plate and cover till use to retain moisture.
Now
start making samosas. Turn the stack of semi circular
puris upside down to get the first rolled puri on to the top. Keep the puris,
curry and a bowl of water ready to make samosas.
Heat
a pan and add sufficient oil to deep fry the samosas.
Heat oil on low flame and start folding samosas.
Take
a semi circular puri and wet the edges with wet
finger. Bring together the flat side edges together and overlap them to get a
cone shaped disc as shown in the movie. Press lightly to seal the edges. Hold
the prepared cone between fingers. Add a tiny portion of the curry to the
prepared cone and press it with finger to reach the tip of the cone. Then add
sufficient quantity of filling. Press the filling with finger and add
sufficient quantity. Wet the edged if required. Observe the portion where the
edges were sealed to make a cone---opposite to this portion make a pleat by
folding the puri as shown. Now fix the entire back
portion with front portion and seal the edges by pressing. Seal properly by
pressing so that the filling should not come out while frying the samosas. As the edges are wet it would stick easily. This
fold allows the samosa to stand when made to. Without
making the pleat, stick the edges of the cone together and observe that the
samosa would not stand. Hence to make standing samosas
make a pleat otherwise one would get sleeping samosas!!!
Prepare
as many samosas as the oil in the pan can
take---remaining fry in another batch---but do not overload the pan. Here I
made three samosas for the first batch. Cover the
remaining puris to retain the moisture.
Spread
a paper napkin in a plate and keep it ready---after frying the samosas place them on paper napkin to soak excess oil.
The
oil is just hot—neither too hot nor cold. Drop the prepared samosas
carefully and fry them on LOW FLAME ONLY. When fried on low flame the samosas get crispier from inside. After few seconds, turn
the samosas carefully with a ladle and fry the other
side. Fry turning the samosas on low flame till they
are slightly crispier and starts changing color. Then increase the flame to
medium and fry turning in between. Fry the samosas
till they get nice golden brown color. With the help of a slotted ladle
carefully remove the samosas from oil and place them
on paper napkin to soak excess oil. Now switch off the stove and start making
the remaining three samosas. During the process of
folding the samosas, the oil gets cooled to
sufficient temperature to fry the next batch. After folding the remaining three
samosas, switch on the flame and carefully drop the samosas in oil and fry as mentioned above.
The
fried samosas taste good as they are as they have a
flavorful filling in them. They can even be served with Chat Chutney, SweetSour Chutney or even ketchup. Serve the crispy and tasty to your family members
and get all praises.