Samosa Chaat

Romy Gill

Romy Gill

24th October 2023
Romy Gill

Samosa Chaat

60 min

Samosa Chaat by Romy Gill MBE

Ingredients

Pastry (makes 16 samosas)

  • 200g plain flour plus more for dusting
  • 30ml sunflower oil
  • ½ salt
  • 80-90 ml room temperature water

filling

  • 4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced small
  • 2tsp sunflower oil
  • 1tsp ginger powder
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp crushed fennel seeds
  • 75g frozen peas
  • 1-2 green chillies chopped finely
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1tsp garam masala
  • 1tsp chilli powder
  • 1tsp salt
  • small handful fresh coriander chopped
  • sunflower oil for deep frying

Spicy chickpeas

  • 4 tsp rapeseed oil
  • 1 tsp five spice mix*
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 2tsp garam masala
  • 5 tsp tomato puree
  • 3 tsp dried fenugreek leaves
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 x 240g tin of chickpeas
  • 50 ml water
  • * Five spice mix is made of cumin, fennel, nigella, fenugreek and mustard seeds

Mint & Coriander Chutney

  • 25g fresh coriander, chopped
  • 25 g mint leaves
  • 4 spring onions, roughly chopped with green part
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 green chillies, (bird's eye or similar) roughly chopped
  • 1/2tsp salt
  • 1tsp sugar
  • 30ml water
  • 2tsp vegetable oil

assembly of the samosa chaat

  • 75g Halidiram Aloo Bhujia
  • l00g of natural yogurt, whisked with 30ml milk and 1tsp sugar
  • 10tsp tamarind chutney, shop bought
  • 10ml Mint and coriander chutney
  • small handful fresh coriander fresh coriander chopped
  • ½ seeds of one pomegranate
  • 1tsp chaat masala

Method

Potatoes and peas samosas

1. Sieve the flour for the pastry into a bowl. Add salt, half of the oil. Rub the oil into the flour with your hands, and then add water slowly and combine, together.
2. Add the rest of the oil and knead until smooth and soft. Cover the bowl with cloth and leave to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.

filling

1. Cook in water until soft but not mushy, once cooked drain water and keep the cooked potatoes aside.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan on medium heat, add ginger powder, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, once start sizzling, add the peas and cook for a few minutes.
3. Add green chilli, chilli powder, ground coriander, garam masala, salt mix, and cook for 1 minutes. Add the cooked potatoes into the pan and combine it well, and cook for 2-3 minutes.
4. Add the chopped coriander, and make sure the mixture is well coated with spices. Check the seasoning. Remove from heat, leave it cool.
5. Next heat a frying pan on a very low heat, meanwhile divide the rested pastry into 8 equal-sized balls. Roll each ball into a circle on a lightly floured work surface to approximately 15cm diameter.
6. One at a time, lay the pastry circles into the frying pan to warm through (without cooking) Cut into half.
7. Brush the edges with water. Bring the straight edges together to make a cone and fill with a he filling. Pinch and seal the open edge and then push it with a fork. Repeat until all the remaining dough is not made into samosas.
8. Prepare a plate with kitchen paper, and keep aside.
9. Heat a deep heavy-bottomed pan, half full with oil and bring the temperature to 175C. Once the oil is hot, deep-fry the samosas, two at a time, for 4 minutes until light brown and crispy.
10. Cook them in batches and remove with a slotted spoon when ready; transfer to the lined paper to drain the excess oil.

Spicy chickpeas

1. Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat, then add the five-spice mix and fry for 1 minute. Add the ground ginger, Kashmiri red chilli powder, garam masala, tomato puree, dried fenugreek leaves, salt, water and mix well.
2. Drain and wash the chickpeas and add them into the pan, leave it to cook on a medium heat for 5 minutes. Stir occasionally and check that it doesn’t stick to the pan.

Mint & coriander chutney

1. Add all the ingredients in the food processor and whizz it into a smooth paste…

serving

1. On a plate squash the samosas, spread the chickpeas over the samosas, drizzle the yogurt mix.
2. Drizzle mint and coriander chutney, and then tamarind chutney large handful of halidram aloo bhujia, sprinkle fresh pomegranate seeds, small handful fresh coriander and chaat.

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