“Jab tak rahage samosa meh aloo…” you must have heard of the famous line often used as a beginning to a smart quip mean to denote an undeniable presence. This comes mainly from the fact that the insides of a samosa is made using a mixture using a potato base, while the rest of the ingredients always changes according to the recipe used , one ingredient has always been constant in almost all recipes of it made worldwide and that is the presence of potatoes. Origins of samosa recipe Samosa Recipe The samosa recipe has travelled quite about before making its way to India, believe to have originated in Central Asia and the middle east, the famed delicacy has made its way through Africa, western China, and finally to the Indian subcontinent, after the invasion by Central Asian Turks. You can find praises written on this delicacy on poem as old as the 9th century by a Persian poet called Ishaq al-Mawsilli. Such was the love for this fried savory.
What is the samosa? The ingredients to the samosa recipe are fairly simple, with Maida batter used to make its crunchy and crispy shell, and then the stuffing could be anything as long as it comprises potato. The mashed potato is often accompanied with various other ingredients as the per the consumer taste bud, which can be anything from greens like peas, coriander, lentils, chilies to modern day approaches like sweet variant like kheer and channa to more fusion approaches like the Chinese variant which is stuffed with noodles cooked in more south east Asian flavours rather than the traditional Indian spices, a unique taste involving both the oriental cuisines and the Indian cuisines and marrying them together. You could eat this crunchy delicacy as it is or you could spruce it up with any kind of condiments of you please starting from tamarind sauce to mint chutney to yogurt to cheese to achar or even simple tomato ketchup depending on how spicy or tangy you want to make it. The influence of samosa recipe can be found not just in the Indian subcontinent, but also worldwide. It has gained immense popularity even in foreign countries due to light and fluffy insides and crispy and crunchy texture outside which perfectly pleases the snacking habits of people everywhere. These snacks can be found in packaged form or made fresh worldwide and are loved by people of all ages, despite their nationality or culture. Only a few things brings the world together, and these days food is one of the most influential forms that allows to do so, this crunchy snack is one of such that exhibits love beyond territorial boundaries and allows to come together and enjoy its delicacy.
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