Air Fryer Aloo Samosa
Just as flaky and crisp as the real deal – without all the excess oil - these air fryer aloo samosas is here to become your newest favorite, guilt-free tea time snack!
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time50 minutes mins
Course: Snacks & Appetisers
Cuisine: Indian
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 14 samosas
Samosa dough
- 1 ½ cups maida
- 3 tablespoons ghee clarified butter
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup water + 1 or 2 teaspoons extra if required
Samosa filling
- 1 tablespoon oil
- ½ teaspoon dhania coriander seeds
- ¼ teaspoon saunf fennel seeds
- ⅛ teaspoon methi fenugreek seeds
- 1 ½ teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon finely chopped green chilli
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ tablespoon amchoor powder
- ¼ teaspoon garam masala powder
- 3 large potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed (approx. 1 ½ cup)
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 10 curry leaves finely chopped
Samosa dough making: mix together flour & salt and add ghee. Rub the ghee with flour till it resembles bread crumbs. Add ¼ cup water gradually and knead it into a stiff dough. You may add a few additional teaspoons of water, if the dough gets too hard to knead. Don't over knead the dough as it has to be of a stiff consistency. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and set aside.
Samosa filling making: pound coriander seeds, fennel seeds & methi seeds into a coarse powder. Heat oil in a pan or kadai, add the coarse powder and saute for a minute. Add ginger garlic paste and green chillies and stir fry for a minute. Add remaining spice powders, mashed potatoes and salt and mix everything well. Add chopped curry leaves, give it a good mix, take it off the heat and set aside the filling to cool.
Making of samosas:
Take a lemon sized ball of the dough, roll it out into a poori like circle which is less than 1 mm thick. Cut the rolled poori into half.
Take one edge of the straight side and place it on the other edge of the straight side in such a way that the dough forms into a cone. Pinch the corner of the cone so that it's sealed. Place samosa filling into the cone, ensuring it to fill it only ¾th of the cone. Seal it by pinching the edge together. Repeat till all the dough is used up. Place the samosas on a greased tray making sure they dont touch each other and cover them with a damp cloth.
Preheat the air fryer to 180C.
Brush the airfryer basket with oil & place about 6 samosas with some gap between the samosas. Brush each samosa with oil & air fry at 180C for 4 minutes. Flip them and air fry at 190 C for 5 minutes. Flip them again, brush with oil & air fry at 190 C for 4 minutes. Flip them, brush with oil & air fry at 200 C for 1 minute on each side and serve.
Repeat the same process for rest of the samosas.
- Roll out the dough thinly & evenly so that samosas cook properly from inside.
- Do not use flour to roll the dough as it has enough fat & will not stick to the platform when you roll into a poori shape.
- While making samosas, seal the edges tightly so that the filling is intact while air frying.
- Samosas may be made a day in advance and refrigerated. 45 minutes to 1 hour before air frying, take them out of the fridge and follow the steps to air fry.
- Leftover samosas may be reheated in the air fryer at 180 C for 3 minutes.
Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 153mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 0.5g | Vitamin A: 70IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg