Samsa with onions

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1:

Onion Samosas - Step 1 Pour flour into a bowl, add salt and stir.

Step 2:

Onion Samosas - Step 2 Add vegetable oil and mix with your hands.

Step 3:

Onion Samosas - Step 3 Pour in water, stir again and knead the dough.

Step 4:

Onion Samosas - Step 4 Place the dough on a floured surface and knead thoroughly until smooth and homogeneous.

Step 5:

Onion Samosas - Step 5 Place the dough in a clean bowl, cover with a towel and let rest for 30 minutes.

Step 6:

Onion Samosas - Step 6 Finely chop the onion and place in a clean bowl.

Step 7:

Onion Samosas - Step 7 Add chopped green chili and cilantro, season with salt and pepper.

Step 8:

Onion Samosas - Step 8 Add garam masala, turmeric, cumin powder, paprika, semolina and stir.

Step 9:

Onion Samosas - Step 9 Divide the dough into four pieces and roll them into balls. Roll each ball thinly into a circle.

Step 10:

Onion Samosas - Step 10 Fry the dough circle in a frying pan for 10 seconds on each side.

Step 11:

Onion Samosas - Step 11 Cut the dough into a square shape.

Step 12:

Onion Samosas - Step 12 Cut the square into three strips. Repeat the previous steps with the remaining dough.

Step 13:

Onion Samosas - Step 13 Place 3 tablespoons of flour in a bowl, add water and mix.

Step 14:

Onion Samosas - Step 14 Fold the strip of dough over to form a corner.

Step 15:

Onion Samosas - Step 15 Brush the batter onto the near left edge of the strip.

Step 16:

Onion Samosas - Step 16 Fold the dough again to form a pocket, with the edge of the pocket sticking to the batter-coated part.

Step 17:

Onion Samosas - Step 17 Fill the pocket with filling, grease its edge with liquid dough and close the pocket with the free ends of the strip.

Step 18:

Onion Samosas - Step 18 Repeat all operations with the remaining ingredients.

Step 19:

Onion Samosas - Step 19 Pour a large amount of vegetable oil into a saucepan and heat it to 180 degrees.

Step 20:

Onion Samosas - Step 20 Fry the samosas in batches in oil for 3-4 minutes until golden brown, removing with a slotted spoon and draining on paper towels.

Step 21:

Onion Samosas - Step 21 Place the samosa on a plate and serve with hot sauce.

Cooking tips

Semolina is a larger variety of semolina made from durum wheat.

You can fold the dough pocket in different ways, for example, by successively folding the strip onto the corner on one side and leaving one end free, and then sealing the envelope with liquid dough paste.

To heat the oil to the right temperature, it's best to use a kitchen thermometer. If you don't have one, you can dip a chopstick into the hot oil. If bubbles form around the chopstick, the oil is hot enough. If the oil bubbles excessively, it's too hot.