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air fryer mini samosas
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air fryer mini samosa recipe

mini kachori Baking or air frying makes it guilt-free too.
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: air fried samosa, baked vegan samosa, dal samosa, dry mini samosa, dry samosa, mini samosa, sambosa, samosa, vegan samosa
Servings: 18 people
Author: bhavana bhatia

Equipment

  • Air fryer
  • or oven
  • stand mixer optionally for kneading

Ingredients

For samosa pastry

  • 2 cup all-purpose flour /plain flour/maida
  • 3 tbsp. semolina /sooji
  • 1 cup water (little less than 1 cup )chilled
  • 3-4 tbsp. ghee/oil if vegan
  • 1 teaspoon caraway /ajwain seeds
  • 2 teaspoon salt or as per taste
  • 2-3 tbsp. Oil for brushing during baking

For Stuffing

  • ⅓ cup mung dal soaked in water and drained
  • ⅓ cup chickpea flour /besan
  • 6-7 almonds/cashews chopped
  • 8-10 raisins /kishmish
  • 2 tablespoon oil for cooking the stuffing

Spices for stuffing

  • 1.5 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 2.5 teaspoon dried mango powder /amchur
  • 1 tbsp. fennel seeds /saunf
  • 1 tbsp. garam masala
  • 2.5 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

For stuffing

  • Heat oil in pan. Drain the water from lentils and add them to the pan.
  • Add  besan/chickpea flour to the lentils once they soften.
  • Add all remaining ingredients(including the nuts) of the filling, except raisins to the pan.
  •  Mix the spices along with the lentils and stir, continue to cook slowly for 8-10 minutes on low flame.Turn off the heat
  • In a bowl, mix the cooked lentils along with raisins to make the filling.
  • Once you have mixed all ingredients, optionally pulse them in a food processor for 2-3 seconds so that they are mixed well.

For samosa /kachori pastry

  • Add all ingredients of the pastry in a bowl to knead the dough in the stand mixer(except water)
  • Knead the dough with little less water to get a semi hard dough.
  • Add extra flour as needed, to keep from sticking to hands and board
  • Place the dough in a well-oiled vessel and cover with a cloth/plastic wrap for 15 minutes.

For samosa

  • Take a small portion of it and roll the dough into small round shape. Cut it in 2 equal halves.
  • Make a cone by sticking the edges with water. Add a spoonful of filling and seal it.

For kachori

  • Follow the same steps for stuffing and pastry and shape them into round kachori.Brush oil and cook for 22-25 minutes in a preheated air fryer @180C|355F .Brush 2-3 times in between.

To air fry

  • Brush oil and cook for 17-20 minutes in a preheated air fryer @170C|340F .Brush 2-3 times in between.
  • Allow to cool on rack. Serve warm.

Video

Notes

If you want to bake with wholemeal, ensure you use half plain flour and half wholemeal.However,that pastry is a little softer.