For Samosa lovers!

Some people love samosas as appetisers, while others prefer them as snacks. Sun Kitchen this week shares a special recipe of samosas for the samosa lovers. This particular recipe caters for 16 people.

Ingredients for the dough:

• 120g flour

• 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil

• A pinch of salt

• Half teaspoon of spice (thyme or any other)

• Warm water

Ingredients for filling

• 2 medium Irish potatoes

• 2 handfuls of green peas

• 1 large carrot

• 200g minced beef/meat

• 2 cooking spoons of vegetable oil

• Stock cubes

• 1 stalk of spring onion (cut into thin circles)

• 1 teaspoon of curry powder

• Salt and ground pepper (to taste)

• 1 pinch of garlic powder (optional)

• Feel free to customize the filling to your taste but the classic Indian Samosa must contain Irish potatoes and green peas.

How to make filling

• Wash and peel the Irish potatoes and carrots

• Dice into tiny bits, add green peas. Add a little salt and cook for about five minutes

• Take off the heat once they get soft

and set aside

• Slice onions in circles and set aside

• Heat up vegetable oil in a small pot, add the onions, curry and garlic powder, and stir for a few seconds

• Add the minced meat and stir-fry until it turns to a pale colour

• Add stock cubes, pepper and salt to taste

• Add the cooked vegetables and mix together on medium heat for about three minutes

Dough

• Pour flour into a medium mixing bowl

• Add warm water, salt and vegetable oil. Mix until you have a smooth, stretchy dough

• Cover mixture with an airtight plastic wrap and leave to breathe for 15 minutes, then knead the dough to make it more stretchy

• Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to a thickness of about 2-3mm

• Cut the dough in circles. You can use the tip of a round glass bowl if you do not have a circular dough cutter

• Cut those circles in two equal halves and smudge water on the straight part of the Semi-circular dough

• Don’t close it yet

• Put a spoonful of the filling into the dough

• Repeat until all the dough is finished

• Heat up vegetable oil in medium heat

• Make sure the oil is not too hot for it

• Fry until the colour changes to light brown

Serve and enjoy!