Monday, November 17, 2014

Vegetable Samosa - Ved-stuffed pyramids


Ingredients:
  • Vegetables: 
    • Carrots - 2 medium sized
    • Beans - 1 handful
    • Peas - 1/2 cup
    • Potato - 1 large 
    • (you can also add any other other vegetable of your choice such as beetroot etc.)
  • Wheat flour - 3/4 cup
  • Chiroti Rava (fine semolina) - 1/2 cup
  • Maida - 1/4 cup
  • Butter - 2.5 tbsp
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam Masala -  1tsp
  • Coriander leaves (optional) - 1 tbsp chopped
  • Salt - to taste

Method:
  1. Cut vegetables into tiny pieces and cook with salt.
  2. Drain water (You can use this water for making other items like rasam).
  3. Add chilli powder, garam masala and coriander leaves to the vegetables.
  4. Add wheat flour, semolina and maida into a separate mixing bowl and mix well.
  5. Add slightly melted butter into the flour and continue to mix till it mixes well.
  6. Add water to the flour gradually and keep mixing till it takes on a soft dough consistency (it should not become too sticky nor too hard).
  7. Make lime-sized balls from dough and roll into flat circular discs.
  8. Cut the circle into half and form cones from each semicircle (when you form the cone, leave behind a flap at the base to close later).
  9. Stuff the cones with cooked vegetables and close the opening with the flap.
  10. Heat oil in a deep frying pan and deep fry the cones.
  11. Serve hot with tomato ketchup or/and pudina (mint) chutney.

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