Kheema Samosas

Ingredients

• 2 ¼ cups of All Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp Salt
• Pinch of Ajwain (Caraway seeds or Bishop’s weed).
• 4 tbsps melted Ghee or clarified butter
• ½ - ¾ cups Water
• 2 lbs Kheema or minced meat
• 1 cup diced Onions
• 2 tbsps minced green Chillies
• 1 tsp Ginger & Garlic paste
• 1 cup diced Tomatoes
• 2 tsps Garam Masala
• ½ tsp Chilli powder.
• Salt to taste
• ¼ cup Peas

Instructions

1. Sift the flour
2. Add the salt & Ajwain
3. Add the melted ghee or clarified butter or oil if you prefer
4. Work the dough till all of the ghee is coated with flour. Take your time with this, the flour mixture should feel like soft breadcrumbs. The fat in this dough will create the crispiness in the wrapper
5. Add anywhere between ½ - ¾ cups of water just enough to bring this to a stiff dough
6. Cover this with some cling film and leave it to rest for a min of 30 mins
7. Saute the diced Onions
8. Add the minced green Chillies and Ginger & Garlic paste
9. Give this a stir just to remove that raw Ginger & Garlic taste and mix it in with the Onions and Chillies
10. Add the diced Tomatoes and mix this in
11. Add the Garam Masala & Chilli powder
12. Mix this in and add a few tbsps. of water so the spices don’t burn
13. Add the Kheema
14. Add ¼ cup of water so it build enough steam for the ground meat to cook
15. Add Salt to taste and the peas
16. Mix this well and continue breaking up the lumps if there are any
17. Cook this for 5 – 10 mins till all the liquid had absorbed or cooked off
18. Taste for salt again and add more salt if required.
19. Add ¼ cup minced Coriander and mix it in
20. Allow this mixture to cool completely. You can also make this a day ahead and use a cold filling.
21. To create the wrapper I’ve created a template. I took an oval object, gave it a bit more height free hand on a piece of card and just cut it. This template will ensure that I get the same size samosas.
22. Knead this dough divide this in half and then in quarters
23. Working on the first quarter, oil the surface and then roll the dough out till it’s a few mm thick. Cut out the oval using a template. Save these scraps for later
24. Cut the oval in half. give it a light roll again as the gluten keeps contracting and shrinking the dough as it rests
25. Using plain water I’m just going to dampen the edges
26. Taking the flat edge, seal the two edges together and it forms a cone
27. Add the filling using a small spoon. My samosas take about 2 tsps and it will depend on the size of the samosa you want to make
28. Press the filling down using the spoon. Press down right in the middle where the dough wrapper is the longest and then seal the entire samosa well. Press it down and it should be able to stand up like a soldier
29. These make about 12 – 14 Samosas and you can either fry them right away or freeze them for later