Mini Samosa

Ingredients

Refined flour/ maida  500 gm

Clarified butter (desi ghee)   5 tbsp

Salt to taste

roasted peanuts   500 gm

red chili powder  1 tbsp or to taste

Garam masala   1 tsp

dhania/coriander powder 2 tbsp

amchur powder  2 tbsp

asafoetida powder  1/4 tsp

cumin seeds/ jeera  1 tsp

oil for frying

Method

Take 2 tbsp oil in heavy pan. 

Add the peanuts and saute on low flame till the peanuts are crisp and fragrant. 

Cool the peanuts and crush coarsely.

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. 

Add the asafetida and the cumin seeds. Allow the seeds to splutter.

Add salt, garam masala, coriander powder, chili powder and raw mango powder.

Saute for 30 seconds and add the crushed peanuts. 

Toss well and remove from fire. Set aside to cool.

Sieve the flour, add salt. Add melted clarified butter and mix it very well.

Add small quantity of water and knead to a stiff dough. 

Set the dough aside for 20 minutes.

Knead the dough for a minute and divide the dough into 15 balls of equal size.

Roll out each ball to a disc of 4 inch diameter. Cut it into 2 equal halves .

Wet the edges with a little water along the diameter. 

Bring the two ends together to overlap a little. Join and press together to make a cone.

Place a tbsp. of filling in the cone and seal from above. 

Fill all the cones and set aside. Heat enough oil in a pan.

 Put the prepared samosas in hot oil, deep fry on low to medium till light brown.

Drain and set aside to cool. Store in airtight containers.

This can be stored for almost a month.

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