Onion Samosa

Ingredients

• 16-18 store brought frozen Samosa leaves
• 2 medium Onions chopped,length wise
• 1 cup thin Poha/Flattened rice
• 1/8 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 2 tsp Cornflour
• 2 tbsp Water
• 1 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying

Method

1. Defrost the samosa leaves for 45 minutes. This step is important otherwise your leaves will tear into peaces easily and will not be pliable.
2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and add sliced onions and fry just till tender and turn pinkish in color.
3. Add turmeric powder and salt, fry for a couple of minutes.
4. Now remove from stove, add chilli powder and poha and mix well. Keep it aside to cool.
5. Mix cornflour and water in a bowl to form a paste and keep it aside.
6. Take one samosa leave and fold one edge of it to the other end to form a triangle. And now fold this triangle 2 more times to form into a cone.See the pictorial for clear idea.
7. Now fill 1 Tbsp of the onion mixture into the cone.
8. Seal the edges well with cornflour paste to form a neat triangle samosa.
9. Repeat the steps with other samosa leaves.
10. Mean while heat oil in the kadai.
11. Deep fry these samosas on medium heat until they are fried 80% and drain them on a kitchen tissue.
12. After frying all the samosas, repeat frying the 80% fried samosas again to do double frying until the samosas are crisp and golden in color.
13. Fry and drain it on a kitchen tissue.