I have been breaking my head on what to make for the next post, while I had shortlisted some, none were things that I could do after getting back from home. Thinking of shortlisting the dishes for mini bites I felt I was doing something different and not really deciding on food. I have been talking to myself since morning and both Athamma, Hubby dear thought I have gone out of mind.
I must say this BM has been the most unplanned one. Though I mostly cook the previous day I will at least plan what to make and get it ready before dinner, so that we can have what I made before dinner. So making all those other dishes was out of the question at 8. I had this flash thought that I have always been fond of Ajwain samosa but haven't blogged about it. So mini they will become and they did.
Everybody thought I had made more and was sad that I had only some limited numbers. The mini samosas are always great as it controls how many a person can eat. Everybody liked it so much that I am sure I am going to make these again.
Ajwain Mini Samosas with Roasted Onions
Ingredients Needed
For the outer layer
All purpose Flour/ Maida - 1 cup
Ajwain / Vammu - 1 tsp (more if you like)
Salt to taste
Ghee - 2 tsp
For stuffing
Onions - 1 medium
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Chat Masala - 1/4 tsp
Amchur powder - a pinch
Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Oil for deep frying
Method to prepare:
For the Ajwain outer layer
In a bowl, take flour, salt, ajwain, and ghee, Mix well. Slowly add water and knead to a stiff dough. Cover with a wet muslin cloth and rest it for 10 mins.
To make the roasted onions.
In a nonstick pan, heat oil saute in onion juliennes. Saute till the onions turn brown. Then add all the spices and combine well. Once the onions are brown and roasted well, remove and allow them to cool.
To make the samosas.
For exact steps see Potato Peas Mini Samosa
Dust the dough and roll out thin discs. Using a sharp knife cut into 3-inch strips. Place a spoon of the onion stuff and roll over diagonally across and cover well.
Press the sides and make sure the outer layer covers well.
Heat oil in a Kadai and gently slide into the oil once it's hot. Cook over medium flame to get crisp samosas.
Vardhini says
Even for me this month has been hectic. I had some dishes in mind but then I want to post something else 🙂 .. confused 🙂
Yummy samosas.
harini-jaya says
cute looking mini samosas! love the filling too!
DD says
wow!!!!
I need just one srivalli....
they look awesome!!!
Usha says
Nice somasa!
My today's post was unplanned too. I had listed a few for the bm and my today's recipe was not on the list. Today being a weekend, the day started on a lazy note and then went to a movie in the afternoon. I ended up making a quick snack for dinner, which became my day 3 post, as we wanted to eat light.
vaishali sabnani says
Valli...these samosas look absolutely gorgeous...n infact my mouth is waterring....since i m a samosa fan..n the onion suffing sound interesting!!
Mélange ! says
My God,I loved them.what a selection of spices there..Will try !
kaveri says
Such cute looking samosas....love them...they have been on my list for a long time now...will make them very soon
Aarthi says
this looks yummy..
Jayashree says
Love these bite sized samosas, Valli.....but I disagree with you on having better control while eating these. I think it is so easy to forget numbers and just keep munching on these.
Priya says
Those samosas looks sooo cute and addictive..
Archana Vivek says
So cute. @as Jayshree says,these are really addictive.
In my college days we used to eat a lot of them without control..
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
wow, they look so cute, my son would love them absolutely 🙂
Sin-A-Mon (Monika) says
very very tempting