Pinnal Samosa

Samosas are perhaps the most popular vegetarian  street food in south India esp Tamilnadu. When I was making the ordinary Samosa, somehow I was taken to my college days in Tamilnadu where we made Samosa for all our friends in Hostel. There was an active girl named Rahmath Bee, who showed me this different kind of samosa wherein you cut the sides of the flattened chappathi
and braid them like you do a small girls hair. Of course mine did not come as perfect as Rahmath Bees samosa, but I think its all about the practise.

Ingredients:

2 cups Wheat Flour
2 Potatoes
1 cup Garden peas
1 cup Chopped Onion
1 cup Chopped Carrot
2 Chopped Green Chilies (de-seeded & finely chopped)
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds(Jeerakam)
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Cayenne powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil to fry
Salt to taste

Method:

*Boil potatoes, peel and slightly mash.
*Cook peas and carrot with some salt.
*In heated oil, saute the cumin seeds until they crackle.Add fry chopped onions until they become light brown. Add turmeric, coriander and pepper powder.
 Add chillies and the boiled peas, carrot and mashed potatoes and Stir well.
*Mix flour and salt, and make dough by adding water carefully.Leave it for 30 minutes, covered with a damp cloth.
Divide the dough into small balls and flatten each ball to form a circle.
*Make several cuts on the sides of the flattened flour and Place sufficient amount of vegetable stuffing in the middle. Braid them as you would braid a hair making sure all there are no open sides. Seal the edges carefully.
*Heat oil and deep fry them till they become golden brown.