Ingredients
Filling:
- 1 large russet potato
- Water
- Salt
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes
- 3 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 1 mango, peeled, pitted and finely diced
- Juice of 1/2 lime
- 5 tablespoons chipotle sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Big handful cilantro leaves, minced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Samosas:
- 2 packages puff pastry, thawed
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon water
Mint Chutney:
- 1 cup mint leaves
- 1/2 cup cilantro leaves and soft stems
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped
- 1/2 lime, juiced, plus more to taste
- About 1/4 cup water
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or olive oil
- 1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
Directions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Filling: In a small saucepan, add the potato and enough cold water to cover. Add a generous pinch of salt and bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat and simmer until tender, 12 to 15 minutes.
In a second small saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a simmer and add a generous pinch of salt, bay leaves, 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, peppercorns, chili flakes, and chicken breast. Simmer until cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
Mash the potato and finely shred the chicken and put into a large bowl. Combine with mango, lime juice, chipotle sauce, remaining coriander seeds, cumin, cilantro, and salt and pepper, to taste. Mixing with a spoon or your hands, until well incorporated. Taste for seasoning and adjust, if necessary. Set aside.
Samosas: Roll the puff pastry out slightly, to flatten the seams. Using a paring knife to trace a 7-inch ring mold or bowl, cut the dough into 8 (7-inch wide) rounds. Cut each into 2 semicircles.
Put a tablespoon or so of the filling in the center of a semicircle. Have a small bowl of water handy. Dip your finger in the water and run it along the edges of the semicircle. Arrange the samosas so the flat side is facing away from you. Grab the left corner and fold it over the dough in a triangular motion, so that this corner lands on the bottom right side of the filling. Do the same with the other corner.
Squeeze bottom shut, and fold over, sealing with water. If you like, seal using a fork. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Arrange the 8 samosas on a lightly greased baking sheet.
In a small bowl, whisk the egg and 1 teaspoon water with a fork until thoroughly combined. Brush the tops of the samosas with the egg wash.
Bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees F, then turn heat down to 375 degrees F and bake for 10 more minutes. You can flip them over just before you turn the heat down, if you like.
Chutney: In a food processor, whiz together the mint, cilantro, ginger, lime juice and water until it all comes together as a sauce. There'll probably still be little bits of leaf in the sauce, but I like how those taste, so no worries. Pour the chutney into a bowl.
In a small pan, over medium heat, warm the oil until it shimmers. Add mustard seeds; they should sizzle. Immediately cover with a lid until they stop spluttering. Make sure they don't burn! If they do, start over. No big deal. I do it all the time! Immediately add the seeds and oil to the chutney. It will sizzle so stand back. Once you've poured in all of the oil, you can even spoon a little chutney into the pan (cue sizzling again!) so that you pick up all that lovely oil. Pour into the bowl with the chutney.
Serve samosas hot, with the chutney... and bask in gratitude for the great ideas we all come up with, for our sensitive taste buds and for the blessing of good friends!
Homemade Samosa Pastry:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup vegetable/canola oil
- Big pinch salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ajwain seeds, optional
In large bowl, combine the flour, buttermilk, oil, salt and ajwain seeds. Bring the ingredients together until a dough forms. Knead until it has softened a bit, about 5 minutes. Allow to rest, at room temperature, for 15 minutes. You can put this in the refrigerator, but make sure you let it sit at room temperature for 20 minutes or so, in order for it to soften.
Roll the dough into a short cylinder. Slice in half, then slice each half into 2 pieces, so you have 4 bits. Roll each bit into a ball. Flatten the balls into discs then, on a floured surface, roll them into a 1/8-inch thick, 7-inch wide circles. Cut in half to form 2 semicircles.
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on June 27, 2011
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I like this recipe very much. I have made about 30 samosas. Puff pastry was great in this recipe. They are great cold and hot.
LOVE IT!
By leemcb
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on March 06, 2011
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Aarti, I have wanted to learn how to make these little meat pastries for a long time. I love them, no matter what country of origin, but it's been hard to find recipes for them that sounded authentic--or even good. You have given us not one but TWO different recipes for them already! I will be making both, and can I just say that they chose perfectly when they chose you. You make dishes EVERYONE wants to eat! I've also wanted a good lentil recipe and a simple recipe for tikka masala--which I made with turkey, and which was DELISH! Way to go Food Network for giving us Aarti! Go girl!
By CoolWool
on February 23, 2011
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Made this for the Super Bowl. I was a little confused about the portions. Maybe someone else can explain it to me? She says cut 8 circles and then cut those in half (16 semosas, right? but then she says the recipe makes 8. Anyway, we ended up with 12 before we ran out of room on the cookie sheet (may have made them a little too big. This recipe took me about an hour and 10 minutes to make and I had help. My stepdaughter rolled out and cut the pastry for me. So give yourself plenty of time. Sounds like I'm doing nothing but griping about this recipe but we all really liked it. Husband's exact words, "Hon, this is pretty good." Next time I'd add a little more salt and not fill them so much so they're a little smaller. But they were soooo good. Thanks for the recipe, Aarti! :
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