This take on the traditional Indian savory pastry is filled with assorted veggies and baked instead of fried for a healthy snack.
By Nisa Homey
Healthy Vegetable Samosas
This take on the traditional Indian savory pastry is filled with assorted veggies and baked instead of fried for a healthy snack.
- Prep Time: 45 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 mins
- Yield: 4-6
- Category: Appetiser
Ingredients
For the samosa dough
- Whole wheat flour/Atta: 1 cup.
- Oil: 2 tbsp (I used rice bran oil).
- Salt: 1/2 tsp.
- Ajwain: 1/4 tsp. (optional).
- Little water to knead.
For the vegetable filling
- Vegetables chopped: 1 cup.
- Onion: 1, sliced.
- Ginger: A small piece, sliced or chopped.
- Red chilly powder: 1 tsp ( I use Kashmiri Red chilly powder).
- Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp.
- Garam masala: 1/2 tsp.
- Dry Mango Powder/Amchur: 1/2 tsp.
- Salt to taste.
- Coriander/Cilantro leaves.
- Oil: 1 tbsp.
- Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp.
- Boiled and mashed potatoes: 250 gm.
Instructions
- In a pan heat 1 tbsp oil, add the cumin seeds, onion, ginger; fry for a min or two and add the red chilly powder, turmeric, and garam masala.
- Add the chopped veggies to it, add little water, cover and cook.
- Add the boiled and mashed potatoes, add the dry mango powder, mix well. Add coriander leaves and allow it to cool.
For the samosa dough:
- In a bowl take 1 cup of atta or whole wheat flour and add salt, ajwain seeds, and 2 tbsp of oil. Simply rub the oil into the flour till it resembles bread crumbs.
- Add little water to knead it into a dough, the dough should not be very lose and rather should be on the harder side because I am not going to add any flour to it while rolling it out.
- After about 10 minutes rest you can grease your hand in oil and again knead it.
- Divide the dough into equal sized balls, rolled out into rounds and cut in the middle with your pizza cutter. I did not dust with flour, just flattened into small rounds.
- Place a tablespoon of the veggie/potato mix on one half of the dough.
- Simply form it into a cone shape. Just press the sides with your finger tips, no need for water or dough paste to stick the sides, just press into the dough at the seams.
- Grease a baking tray and line butter paper on it, place the samosas on it and brush oil lightly on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for 15 minutes and then take out the baking tray and flip the samosa to the other-side and again brush oil and bake for another 15 min or until done.
- Serve warm
