Topic: vegetable samosa's

[Malc.]

Hehe, i'll worry about that later Jamie. 

Ray, The pastry is good, the Samosa's went down a treat with my girls. The Ajwain wasn't too bad either but I don't think i'll use it again. I might try Kalonji though or even black cumin seeds.

The recipe I knocked up was good nut it could be better, so I won't post it up. but if anyone is interested, I simply used a teaspoon of everything too about 200g mince lamb, 3 baby potatoes and a handful of peas.

I think I had the pastry too wet as it was hard to manage but I did persevere. The result was good, but I feel I could do better. Sounds like my old school card! :

[Malc.]

axe
they look great making my mouth water can not believe how these have taken off this weekend hope you all enjoy

I think it was the 'because I was board' statement that did it for me. On a whim and perfect looking results, you gotta give that a go right?!

I am certainly going to play about with it for the next few weeks.

[jamieb728]

Axe
the dough should be firm but plyable if that is a word if its to firm it gets tough there is i fine  line ive been told but i don't listen its all about the feel

[Razor]

Axe,

Your pastry looks bang on to me, and if I'm being honest, mine was more like the colour of yours but my pictures don't reflect that.  I really need to get to grips with my camera, it's a proper good un, just I'm rubbish at taking photo's.

can not believe how these have taken off this weekend hope you all enjoy

Jamie, there are very few samosa recipes on the forum and some of the ones that do exist, require you to use filo pastry, which for me, is just wrong.

So when one turns up that look as good as this, you've just got to give them a go, and I'm so glad that I did.

Well done mate, great post.

Ray

[jamieb728]

Ray
im very nervous about putting things on here in case they have been put on before glad you enjoyed them though

[Razor]

Jamie,

Never be nervous about posting up a recipe mate.  If it's been posted before or something similar, then that confirms that it has worked at least for a few people.

Another thing, there is nothing wrong with taking someones recipe, making a few changes and then posting up the recipe, as long as you acknowledge the original recipe, as I did with my meat samosa, then there should be no problem.  If anything, the author of the original should be flattered that their recipe has been an inspiration to others.

Just don't copy someones recipe and post it as your own hahahaha ;D

The thing is Jamie, if you design your own recipe for say, a madras, the chances are, it is going to be very similar to ones that have been posted before because the main ingredients don't vary too much.  Take the IG and Dipuraja spice mix (Axe will probably kill me for pointing this out) but they are very very similar except, one has Garam Masala in it and the other doesn't.  Do you see where I'm coming from?

Don't worry mate, just go for it.

Ray

[Malc.]

Ray
im very nervous about putting things on here in case they have been put on before glad you enjoyed them though

Jaimie, don't worry about that. Who's to say another recipe is better.

If you have any more hiding away don't be shy, get them on here.

I realised when I did the pastry it was a tiny but too wet, but it was too late to go back. So I struggled on, luckily I got away with it, but being to wet it crisp up all the way through, which you can see in the pic if you look closely.

Next time I try it, I will use a 70/30 mix of flour to rice flour. Only because I bought a huge bag of rice flour but it does make things crispy. I'll post the results.

[jamieb728]

cheers ray by the way the bhajis went down a treat everyone