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Step by step method/picture to make Punjabi style Samosa with Aloo & Peas filling...
This is my version of making samosa,alter ingredients to your convenience...

Punjabi Samosa

Ingredients for the Dough
Maida (all purpose flour)-2 & 1/2 cups
Oil -1 & 1/2 tbsp
Ghee-2tbsp
Salt -to taste
Ajwain-1 tsp
Water- as required

Punjabi Samosa

For Filling
Potato (boiled & mashed)-4
Ginger grated-2tsp
Peas-1/4 cup
Salt-to taste
Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
Chilly powder-1tsp
Amchur powder
(Dry mango powder)-1/4tsp
Lime juice-1/2tsp
Fennel seed powder(Somph)-2tsp
Jeera/cumin -1tsp
Coriander leaves-1/4 bunch
Oil-3tsp
Other ingredients
Oil-to deep fry

Method

Take maida,ajwain,salt,ghee & oil in a bowl,rub it up to resemble bread crumbs.
Pour water little by little & make a semi stiff dough.Cover it with a plate or cloth & rest it for 10 minutes.
Mean while heat oil in a pan ,add jeera & fennel powder,then add peas & ginger fry till raw smell disappears.Add the dry powders & potato,toss is gently till well combined,switch off the stove,add coriander leaves & lime juice,mix. Let the mixture cool completely.
Divide the dough into medium small balls,roll it out into a circle.Cut it into two parts ( like a semi circle),fold it into a cone (see the picture above) .
Take a spoon full of potato mixture fill it inside the cone.Seal the top with water.
Make all the samosas the same way,keep it covered with a cloth.
Heat oil in a pan deep fry these samosas in medium heat till light golden brown on all sides,remove it on a kitchen paper/tissue.
Serve these hot samosas with mint & tamarind chutney or ketchup.
Note:
a) Always fry in medium high flame,otherwise your samosas will not turn out crispy.

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