Samosa recipe

Updated on May 10, 2022 by Raks Anand 60 Comments

I make samosa very rarely,though I love the process of making. Making cones and stuffing them and make them to triangular pockets and the most important thing, eating it hot . I even love to order it when I go to the restaurants, but again I go with the majority, what hubby and kiddo likes to order.
One of the best thing I love in samosa is peanuts. I just love it! And I should also mention I love onion samosas,though I have tasted only once, but want to try that as well soon. Juicy onions inside crispy outer wrap. Coming to this samosa recipe below, I followed the outer wrap recipe form a cookbook. But as far as stuffing masala is concerned no such thing,just made it the way I like.

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Snack
Prep Time:30 mins | Cook time: 25 mins | Makes: 12

Ingredients

For masala stuffing

potato,large - 1

Onion - 2

Green peas,cooked - 4 tblsp

Peanuts,cooked - 4 tblsp

Red chilli powder - ¾ tsp

garam Masala - ½ tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Chat masala powder - ¾ tsp

Turmeric - 2 pinches

Coriander leaves - 4 tblsp

Ginger,finely chopped - 1 tblsp

Jeera or Ajwain(omam) - 1 tsp

Oil - 2 tblsp

Salt - as needed

For the Dough

Maida/all purpose flour - ¾ cup

Sooji/Rava - ¼ cup

Oil/Ghee - 2 tblsp

Salt - ½ tsp

Baking powder - 1 pinch

Method

In a bowl, mix maida,rava,salt,baking powder and oil to a crumbly mixture. Add enough water and make a stiff yet smooth dough(no cracks). Knead for 5-7 minutes and make the dough elastic and keep a side for ½ hour or until you prepare the masala stuffing.Keep it cling wrapped to avoid drying.

Pressure cook potato and peas+peanuts until soft. Peel the skin of the potato and chop it roughly. Heat a pan in with oil and season with jeera/ajwain.Add ginger and sliced onion and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame. Add cooked peanuts and the green peas.Add the masala powders(red chilli, dhaniya, garam masala and chat masala) and give a quick stir.

Add ¼ cup water and cook for 2 minutes. Add potato and mix well. Add the coriander leaves and fry for 2 minutes or until the masala is ready.Neither too dry nor watery too.

Now again give a gentle knead to the dough and divide into medium sized balls(12-14).Roll into a thin circle and cut it into 2 equal parts with knife. Apply water in the straight edge.

Now make a cone by joining along the straight edges by overlapping them as shown in the picture. Spoon the stuff until ¾ th of the cone.

Close the cone and seal it properly. Repeat until you finish making all the samosas. You can first roll all the balls and cut them into two and keep,then proceed to the next steps.

Heat oil until hot and drop 3-4 samosas at a time and cook in medium flame to ensure even cooking,until golden brown. Drain in paper towels.

Notes

Until you deep fry the samosas, keep it covered to avoid drying.
You can freeze the samosas or keep in the fridge for frying it in later part of the day.

Enjoy these hot hot samosas with either green chutney or tomato sauce!

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Sanctified Spaces
October 03, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Cute crispy samosa..perfect with Chai..Happy Navratri to you.
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Radhika
October 03, 2011 at 2:32 pm

Love it any time especially during rainy season with a cup of steaming chai.

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Prathibha
October 03, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Even I love onion samosas over the regular ones and I also like punjabi samosas the best..nice n gr8 looking samosas raks...
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S.Menaga
October 03, 2011 at 3:01 pm

so crispy n cute samosa,love it anytime!!
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S.Menaga
October 03, 2011 at 3:02 pm

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Aarthi
October 03, 2011 at 3:11 pm

My favorite....Looking crispy....Should make it soon....
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Kalyani's Platter
October 03, 2011 at 3:11 pm

wow looks so tempting and delicious samosas ... wonderful clicks .....
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aipi
October 03, 2011 at 3:32 pm

Love the pictorials n all the beautiful pics ~ Samosa is a classic n you have made them beautifully! Craving for some samosas now, ship me some Raji :))
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Kaveri
October 03, 2011 at 3:48 pm

Crispy and yummy samosas...they look so inviting
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Anu
October 03, 2011 at 4:04 pm

looks so tempting!! nice clicks.
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Ruchikacooks
October 03, 2011 at 4:12 pm

Love the samosas raks..thanks for sharing step by step pix.
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Sudha Sabarish
October 03, 2011 at 4:38 pm

I love samosa's a lot and will try to have atleast once in a week.I'm that much mad for samosa's.Fell like grabbing it now itself.
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Sarah
October 03, 2011 at 5:09 pm

these are so cute! would love to try them...
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Suja
October 03, 2011 at 6:04 pm

Crispy and cute samosa's..delicious
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Manju
October 03, 2011 at 8:02 pm

one of the most favorited snacks of all time! love that spicy filling you've got there!
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Sobha Shyam
October 03, 2011 at 8:23 pm

wow, perfect samosas, i can never say no to these..
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Krithi's Kitchen
October 03, 2011 at 8:42 pm

Beautifully done!! Appetizing pics as always..
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Madhavi
October 03, 2011 at 9:03 pm

OMG amazing samosas..love it :))
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Uma
October 03, 2011 at 9:58 pm

Its my fav raks. Perfectly done. I prepare them very often but without rava. Love the texture with rava. I'll try next time.
Cheers,
Uma
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Vani
October 03, 2011 at 10:15 pm

wow, samosas r looking soooo perfect!! wanna try it sometime.. Lovely presentation with step-by-step picks 🙂
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Anonymous
October 04, 2011 at 12:26 am

Hot hot Samosas in cold weather..lovely pics too 🙂
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Gayathri NG
October 04, 2011 at 1:38 am

Wow excellent preparation with beautiful clicks dear...my all time favourite chat...
me favourite chat...
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Tina
October 04, 2011 at 1:45 am

so crispy and perfect samosa...
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Premalatha Aravindhan
October 04, 2011 at 1:50 am

wow very tempting and perfect samosa...yummy with a cup of coffee,pass them it raining here...
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Rekha shoban
October 04, 2011 at 2:08 am

perfect n cute samosa...my favourite too!!pics r clear n simple...neat click!
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Priti
October 04, 2011 at 2:16 am

Love this too ..looks so yum and love the step wise pics ...in this rain it would be perfect
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Shanthi
October 04, 2011 at 3:52 am

Crispy and perfect samosas. Looks fabulous.
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Aruna Manikandan
October 04, 2011 at 4:00 am

wow...
looks delicious raji....
and the last click looks really hot..... 🙂
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jeyashrisuresh
October 04, 2011 at 4:43 am

What a perfect snack for this rainy weather. Clicks r beautiful and the stepwise r very bright.
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Valarmathi Sanjeev
October 04, 2011 at 4:56 am

Wow....love this...looks mouthwatering and delicious. Beautiful clicks.
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Janu
October 04, 2011 at 5:06 am

Wow!!!!!Awesome!!! The stuffing looks so tempting!!!
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Sharmilee! :)
October 04, 2011 at 5:53 am

Crispy, perfect and yummy samosas tempted to the core...Pass on that plate pls 🙂
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priya ravi
October 04, 2011 at 6:10 am

very crispy samosas.. stuffing looks very tempting..
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Vardhini
October 04, 2011 at 6:14 am

Making me hungry and it is midnight 🙂 Yummy samosas.
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Suhaina
October 04, 2011 at 6:41 am

wow..they look simply amazing and you have done it so perfectly...love the first click...it looks wonderful.
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Happy Cook / Finla
October 04, 2011 at 7:57 am

Wow that looks super yumm, i hardly make even though we love it here as i too think it is so difficult to make the cone shape plus when ever i make them i am in the kitchen half day full busy with them.
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notyet100
October 04, 2011 at 8:07 am

Perfect for today's weather,..:)
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sanjeeta kk
October 04, 2011 at 11:47 am

Oh..yum..the samosas look lovely!
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lata raja
October 04, 2011 at 12:14 pm

One word to descrie my state: AWESTRUCK
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Seema
October 04, 2011 at 12:46 pm

yummy samosas...so very tempting...great clicks Raks...glad to follow you..
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Sandhya Hariharan
October 04, 2011 at 12:54 pm

Garama Garam Samosa's ... perfect !!!
So apt for the weather....
Lovely pics .. Raji
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Hyma
October 04, 2011 at 12:55 pm

absolutely awesome...such a clear explanation...thax for being so patient to do this post!
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Prathima Rao
October 04, 2011 at 5:29 pm

OMG!!! What fantastic, mouthwatering samosas!!! And hats off to you for giving such clear step wise pics!!
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Priya
October 04, 2011 at 6:26 pm

Any leftover there, feel like grabbing some..
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Divya Kudua
October 05, 2011 at 9:16 am

I remember me and amma making these when we saw it on a recipe book.I miss those days.Samosas have come out perfect-crispy outside and juicy masala inside-YUM
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PriyaVaasu
October 05, 2011 at 5:12 pm

yum, yum!!!!
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beautiful copper
November 13, 2011 at 1:42 pm

hey, i will surely try this recipe. I love the way you present it, with pics for every step. Keep it up.
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soumya
February 01, 2012 at 11:40 pm

thanks for giving step by step process soon i am going to try
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Swarnahyndavi
March 16, 2012 at 7:06 am

I followed your recipe but the samosas are crispy when they are hot but saggy and became like poori texture after they came to room temperature.
It happens every time I do the samosa
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nups
September 26, 2012 at 11:13 am

wowww...i m gonna try dis today only bt wanna ask 1 thng
can i replace baking soda in place of baking powdr...??????????
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nivi
November 22, 2012 at 9:04 am

HI Raks ..i tried these samosas and they turned out yummy 🙂
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Swetha Srini
December 26, 2012 at 5:55 am

yummy samosa... i have asked my mother to try this receipe .... looks great......
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sandhya sekar
August 20, 2013 at 1:53 pm

Hi Akka,
Is it necessary to add rava and baking powder to the dough??????
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Raks anand
August 20, 2013 at 1:55 pm

You can skip Sandhya, even I am thinking to make it simple next time and post.
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Deepthy
November 25, 2013 at 8:49 am

Instead of maida can I use wheat flour to make dough?
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Raks anand
November 25, 2013 at 8:51 am

Yes You can try
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Malini Udayakumar
October 10, 2014 at 1:31 pm

yummy samosa,,, i tried,, very easy to do , rak's is simpler and easier...
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Unknown
May 03, 2015 at 2:14 am

Hi, instead of making dough will samosa taste good if made out of wonton wraps. Pls advise. Thanks
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Raks anand
May 03, 2015 at 2:18 am

Havent used wonton wraps. If its something like spring roll sheet it will work. If it is like a puff pastry sheet or phyllo sheets, it may not work.
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Maheswari
April 29, 2016 at 3:35 pm

It is tempting.
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