Baked Vegetarian Samosas

I love Indian food and I was dying to try one of my favourite snacks from that culture, samosas! Although, they will take some trial and error when it comes to the folding part but all and all they are well worth it :)

Makes about 16 samosas

Combine in a bowl for dough : 

• 2 cups of all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup of buttermilk
• 1/2 cup of canola oil, veggie oil, or ghee(clarified butter)
• 5 tbsp of sugar
• 1 tsp of Ajwain seeds ( or Fennel seeds )
• 1 tsp of salt

Mix until everything then knead for 8 mins.

After kneading let it rest for 30 mins. ( this is very important, this will make our dough easier to handle )

Note: if the dough is too dry add more oil. If it is too wet add more flour!

Filling:

• First boil 2 medium sized potato peeled, and diced.

In a sauce pan sautee:

• 1/2 of an onion diced
• 1 tsp of crushed/grated ginger

Let it caramelized for about 5 mins then add:

• 2 cloves of garlic diced
• 1 tsp of garam masala
• 1/2 tsp of turmeric
• 1/2 tsp of cayanne
• 1 tsp of salt of needed

Mix and cook for about 30 seconds then add chopped potatoes cook for 3 mins 

Then add about 1/2 cup of sweet peas.

Remove from heat add:

• 1/2 cup of chopped cilantro 
• juice of 1/2 lime

Let if cool and set aside.

Here's the tricky part, assembly: 

Get your dough and make golf ball sized balls and roll into a circle with a rolling pin. 

Cut circle in half, use one half to fill with filling and tightly fold edges. Repeat until all your dough is gone. 

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. 

Tips:

You may want to glaze the top of the samosas with butter before cooking, these will give them that beautiful golden brown colour.