Baked Samosa Recipe
Baked Samosa Recipe gives you amazingly flaky, crisp and tender samosas, which you can enjoy as it is or serve it as a chat with chutneys.
Ingredients
For The Crust
- 150 gm Maida / All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Nigella Seeds
- 1/4 tsp Ajwain Seeds
- 10 gm Oil
- Water as needed
For The Filling
- 150 gm Paneer
- 1 no Onion
- 1/4 tsp Basil
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Tandoori Masala
- Salt To Taste
- 1 tsp Oil
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine together, flour, baking powder, ajwain, nigella, salt and oil.
- Add enough water to make a stiff dough.
- Cover and refrigerate for thirty minutes.
- Heat oil and add onions.
- Once they are golden, add all the spices and paneer.
- Cook for a minute or two on low flame.
- Remove from flame and let it cool.
- Divide the dough into three equal portions.
- Preheat oven to 250C.
- Roll each portion into a disc.
- Slice it into two semi circles using a knife.
- Prepare a cone out of the semi circle and add one sixth of the filling.
- Seal the edges to shape the samosas.
- Arrange all the samosas on a baking tray, and apply milk wash.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20-30 minutes until the samosas are golden.
- If there is no colour, take them to the top rack for the final five minutes of baking, but don't over bake.
- Serve them piping hot out of oven.