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Wednesday 24 June 2015

Vegetable Samosas




Samosas are a traditional Indian snack, that are very popular in all Indian households. They are delicious pastry parcels usually filled with a spicy vegetable filling and deep fried until golden brown and crispy. Samosas are commonly served with tangy tamarind chutney and green coriander chutney.

Samosas sizes and their fillings differ from state to state of India. Where as in the state of Gujarat samosas are dainty little pastry triangle filled with peas and potatoes,carrots they will differ in the state of Punjab where the Punjabi samosas are larger and primarily filled with a potato filling only. In other states cabbage, paneer-Indian cheese, fried fruits and nuts and also lentils are used as a filling too.



There is a very precise art in folding the samosas which although can be tricky is not too hard to master as practice makes perfect. I remember as a child my mum and aunts used to fold some 300 samosas for our family gatherings It was almost like a production line.Samosas are also commonly sold by street vendors and its a favorite street food for all Indians.

This month I created a step by step pictorial on how to make the perfect samosas. You can read all about my samosa recipe at the Foodies 100 site where I have written a guest post all about making these delicious samosas.
You can read the recipe for my Gujarati Style vegetable samosa here. Please do drop by the Foodies 100 website to check out the easy recipe with step by steps pictorial instructions.

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32 comments:

  1. I work for the ambulance service and I'll never forget the patient we went to at an Indian wedding, they were fine thankfully but I was so amazed by all the food!! They wouldn't let us leave without a few samosas! :)

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  2. looks good. I always grab something like this when hungry on the go.

    xx

    Dominika

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  3. Looks absolutely delish... so tempting...

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  4. I love Samosa! We have similar pastries in Jordan but we fill them with white cheese or meat and they're very popular during the month of Ramadan

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  5. Always wanted to have a go at samosas. I love making homemade pasta and dim sum so need to try these next :)

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  6. I love samosas and I think I'm right in thinking they'd be dairy free? If you weren't using paneer, obviously.

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  7. These look lovely - I'm finally getting over my aversion to deep frying, so I'll have to put these on my list!

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    1. You can airfry these. Brush oil on them and airfry. Of course it won't taste as nice as deep fried but it's the healthy version.

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  8. We induldged in Samosas at the weekend and I had forgotten how nice they were! These look delicious x

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  9. I adore veggie samosas, thanks for sharing the step by step, I can have a go at my own now.

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  10. Such great photos! I just want to reach into my screen and take a bite!

    Riz
    http://www.chocolatesandchai.com

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  11. I love samosas, but I haven;t made my own before. They do look really simple to make though.

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  12. My favourite snack.. can eat few of these .. so irresistible !

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  13. I would love to know how to make samosas so I will pop over to have a look.

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  14. Wow-these look amazing! I could do with one of them right now x.

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  15. I haven't had samosas in such a long time, these look great! xx

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  16. ohhhhh I love samosa's but I've never tried to make my own. They look delicious

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  17. i adore veg samosas so this is something i would definitely try

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  18. I love samosa's but have never tried to make them myself

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  19. I love samosas, but have never made them before - these look delicious!

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  20. Ohh I love samosas but not sure I'd have the confidence to gve them a go, I'm not good at deep fat frying! Mich x

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  21. I love samosas. Perfect picnic food.

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  22. They look lovely! I've never made samosas myself but I might give it a try now!

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  23. I love samosas, I'm definitely popping over to Foodies 100. GG

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  24. I love samosas, your photos look sensational too!

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  25. Ooh how brilliant! I do love samosas but I've never made my own. Yours look absolutely delicious :)

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  26. I love samosas so so much mmmm

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  27. These look and sound absolutely fantastic. Wish I could eat some right now!

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  28. I Like Samosa,fabulous photos......Nice Share.....

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  29. Oh gosh these look amazing. I love a samosa....yum!!

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  30. My husband loves samosas, I bet he'd enjoy some homemade ones.

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  31. I love samosas - I have never tried making them. These look great :) Kaz x

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