Punjabi Samosas

Samosas are available in most places in the world as little triangle pastries filled with a variety of vegetarian or non-vegetarian fillings.  They can be eaten as a snack with a cup of tea or served as a starter with any meal.   I usually make the Kenyan style samosas  but these punjabi style samosas make a nice change as the pastry and spices are very different from the Kenyan style.

Ingredients

• 6 medium potatoes
• 6  medium carrots
• 1 ½ cup of frozen peas
• I finely chopped onion (medium size)
• A teaspoon of blended ginger
• 2 or 3 finely chopped green chilies (can be reduced or missed out if you do not like hot food)
• Small bunch of finely chopped coriander
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsps sugar or sugar substitute
• 1 tbp lemon
• 1 tsp of garam masala  (optional)
• 1 litre sunflower oil if you wish to try the samosas

• 2 ½ cups of plain flour
• ¼ cup of butter
• ½ tsp of carom seeds (optional)
• ½ tsp of rosemary
• ½  cup warm water
• ½ cup plain flour to help roll out the pastry

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