{"id":33310,"date":"2019-08-11T04:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=33310"},"modified":"2019-08-13T06:48:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T05:48:47","slug":"how-to-make-nigerian-samosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/how-to-make-nigerian-samosa\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Nigerian Samosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally, the samosa is argued to be an Asian delicacy and also argued to be an Indian one. So this one is borrowed but trust Nigerians, whatever we borrow, we perfect.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Samosa, which is sometimes generally referred to as small chops (wrong to generalize, right to categorize) is usually served at events at as an appetizer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33311\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/how-to-make-nigerian-samosa.png\" alt=\"how to make nigerian samosa\" width=\"454\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/how-to-make-nigerian-samosa.png 454w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/how-to-make-nigerian-samosa-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/how-to-make-nigerian-samosa-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/how-to-make-nigerian-samosa-150x100.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to make the Nigerian Samosa.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to make Nigerian samosa: Ingredients<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><u>Dough<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>120g flour<\/li>\n<li>200g minced beef\/chicken<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoon of vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon of salt<\/li>\n<li>Warm water<\/li>\n<li>Half teaspoon of spice (thyme, dry parsley)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Filling<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>200g minced meat\/beef<\/li>\n<li>2 medium Irish potatoes<\/li>\n<li>2 handful of green peas<\/li>\n<li>1 large carrot<\/li>\n<li>Seasoning cubes<\/li>\n<li>1 pinch of garlic powder (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Chilli pepper (to taste)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon of curry powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>How to make Nigerian samosa: Instructions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><u>Filling<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wash and peel the Irish potatoes and carrots.<\/li>\n<li>Dice into tiny chewable bits, add green peas and then cook for 4-5minutes (add salt).<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the potatoes and carrots are soft (but not over soft). Take it off the heat and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Slice your onions in circles and set aside also.<\/li>\n<li>Heat up the vegetable oil in the pot for 1-2 minutes and add the onions, curry powder, garlic and stir for about 5 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Add the minced meat\/beef and stir-fry it until the colour changes to a pale colour.<\/li>\n<li>Add seasoning cubes, chilli pepper and salt to taste.<\/li>\n<li>Add the cooked vegetables and mix it together on medium heat for 2-3 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Dough<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pour the flour into a medium mixing bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Add warm water, salt and vegetable oil (about 3 spoonful) and mix till you have a smooth stretchy dough<\/li>\n<li>Cover the lumpy mixture with an air tight plastic wrap and leave it to breath for 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>After 15minutes, begin kneading the dough to achieve a more stretchy and elastic dough.<\/li>\n<li>Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a thickness of about 2-3mm.<\/li>\n<li>Using a circular dough cutter or the tip of a round glass bowl, cut out the dough in circles.<\/li>\n<li>Now cut the circles in two equal halves and smudge water on the straight part of the semi-circular dough.<\/li>\n<li>Shape the dough into cone sizes (but don\u2019t close it up yet).<\/li>\n<li>Begin taking 1 spoonful after the other of the filling and add some of it into the dough. Repeat for all the other waiting dough on the waiting list.<\/li>\n<li>Heat up some vegetable oil in medium heat and fry the samosas in it. Fry until the colour changes to light brown.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the made samosas and place them on a paper towel to soak up the oil.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enjoy your samosas with sauce and a very chilled drink.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t overfill the samosa cones and make sure they are closed tightly.<\/li>\n<li>If you can\u2019t seem to get your dough smooth enough after mixing, try putting the dough in the fridge at step 3.<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019ll rather have a baked samosa instead of fried, brush with eggs or oil and bake for 15minutes at 180 degrees on your oven heat gauge. At step 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally, the samosa is argued to be an Asian delicacy and also argued to be an Indian one. 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