
I had long time wish to try this mini samosa (or samsa as we call it). I have seen here in Fairprice, frozen mini samosas. Its tiny and looks very pretty too. Aj also loves it as he had tried it as starters in parties. I have tried making it sometime back, but could not get it look good, so left it for a while. Now again recently Aj wanted me to try at home and I promised him I will make it on a weekend. I tried last Sunday and it came out good. So I thought of sharing it here. It’s very easy, tasty, crispy and perfect for get together and parties as starter.

I made this with the spring roll pastry sheets. Its different from puff pastry sheets, so don’t confuse with it. This is very thin sheets, specially meant for making spring rolls and samosas. I came to know it is now a days available in Chennai in Nuts N Spices as a pack of 20 sheets (Info Courtesy : Aparna Rajeskumar). So you can check in the frozen section. Also if any of you know if it's available anywhere in your part of area, please help others by leaving comment in the comments section about where you have got it or seen it.

How to fold samosa video:
Mini samosa recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: SnackPrep Time: 30 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Makes: 30 | Author: Raks anand
Click here for cup measurements
Learn how to make crispy mini samosa or triangle samosa with spicy potato stuffing, using spring roll pastry sheets. With helping video.
Ingredients
Potato, Large - 2Onion - 1
Sambar powder/ red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
Fennel seeds powder - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/8 tsp
Amchur powder / Chaat masala (Optional) - 1/4 tsp
Salt - As needed
Oil - 2 tsp
Jeera/ cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves, chopped - 2 tbsp
Spring roll pastry sheets (Large size) - 8
Maida - 2 tbsp
Method
- Keep pastry sheet at room temperature 30 mins prior preparing the samosa. Boil and peel potatoes. Heat kadai with oil and temper with jeera.
- Add finely chopped onion, followed by the cooked,mashed potatoes. Add the all the masala powders in the ingredients, with salt and sprinkle a tbsp of water.
- Mix well and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame, lastly add coriander leaves, mix well.
- Transfer to the serving bowl. Mix Maida with water to make it a paste. Keep all the ingredients ready.
- By now the sheets would have been ready for preparing. Peel off one by one carefully. Keep covered with clean wet kitchen cloth to keep it damp and avoid drying as instructed in the pack.
- Cut each sheet to 4 equal sized strips as shown in the picture. Spoon a tsp of the prepared potato masala in each strip, over the top.Fold as shown in the picture into triangle samosas. Refer video to learn in detail how to fold it. Towards the end spread little maida paste and end sticking the samosa.
- Keep the prepared samosas covered as well, preferable with wet kitchen cloth for this too. If you do not have spring roll pastry sheets, you can do the same with maida. Make a stiff dough with 1 cup maida, a tbsp of oil, salt and water. Keep aside for an hour, knead and make equal sized balls. Roll as thin as possible and cut into square. Use oil half way while rolling in one side to make rolling easy without getting shrunken.
- Do not make this long (large) as if you fold lot, it won't get cooked inside and will become chewy. Follow the same procedure as above and fold to triangles. But make the strips shorter.
- Once everything is folded, heat oil and deep fry both sides in medium flame.
- Once golden in colour, drain in paper towels. You can see both the pastry sheet samosas and the maida dough samosas.










Notes
- It may seem tedious, but its not, easier than making spring rolls.
- If you do not have fennel powder, instead of tempering with jeera, temper with fennel. Or just skip it and add more garam masala powder.
- Maida paste should be smooth and should be able to keep the samosas sealed. If its too thick then the sticking part will not look smooth, if its too water, it wont stick.
- This post mainly to show how to use pastry sheets for making samosas, so I have not concentrated over making it from scratch with maida dough. The spring roll pastry sheets gives the maximum, crispiest samosa.
- You can use any filling of your choice. Like you can make stuffing only with sliced onions.
- You can make the samosas and freeze it before frying. If you have to make tomorrow, make it today and freeze it. Keep out 30 mins before deep frying and fry as mentioned to save time.

Super tempting samosas. I have attempted this with spring roll sheets once but yet to master it. Perfectly done
ReplyDeletetoo good raks. yes its available in chennai as spring roll sheet, i have used personally for my spring roll :D
ReplyDeletePerfect tea time snack.
ReplyDeletelooks yum! perfect snack
ReplyDeletewhere i can find this samosa patti or spring roll sheet in bangalore.Bangaloreans pls help
ReplyDeleteu get it in the freezer section of almost every hypermarkets....I ve seen this in Auchan
DeleteU ll get these in freezer section of almost every hypermarket.... I ve seen this in Auchan....
DeleteHow do we make the MAIDA PASTE that close the samoosa
DeleteJust make a paste using all purpose flour and water.
DeleteToday I came across samosa leaf in my local shop. Immediately bought. Nice demo. Raks...
DeleteYes!! Even I need to find where do we get these sheets in Blore.
ReplyDeleteexcellent compilation of samsa post Raji...
ReplyDeletewow!!!! samosas!!!! I tried once but failed since I made the sheets myself. Probably next time I will try eith spring roll sheets... Bookmarked...
ReplyDeleteWhere i can get this Spring roll/ Samosa wrapper/sheet in chennai
ReplyDeleteNuts and spices
DeleteThanks Raks
DeleteLooks perfect! Very well explained!
ReplyDeletemouth watering!!!! very clear stepwise pics..... all ur tips are wow!!
ReplyDeletethank u Rak's...really nice to see that one can prepare samosa's at home..that way we can put any filling.. Thank u :)
ReplyDeletetempting samosas...
ReplyDeletewow..so tempting mini samosa, perfectly done...i usually make the onion filling, this potato filling sounds too good!
ReplyDeleteI purchased the samosa sheets a week back and was wondering what to do with them. This recipe is timely thank you.
ReplyDeleteLovely and crispy looking mini samosas. Excellent preparation.
ReplyDeleteDeepa
super tempting, tasty samosas
ReplyDeletecute samosas looking great!
ReplyDeleteAwwww.. they are so cute and lovely... love the presentation and description... awesome :)
ReplyDeletemind blowing clicks.. looks too yummy:)
ReplyDeleteWonderfully done Raks. Very neat folding and well taken video.
ReplyDeleteI gonna try diz weekend..♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteWonderful.. Where can we get these sheets in bangalore.. please help
ReplyDeleteHi u can get it in Hypercity
DeleteThanks for the info Preetha
DeleteWonderful Raks... great recipe and looks so cute... Do u know how can we frozen samosa..that lasts at-least for a week.. i wanted to pack to dubai for my niece.
ReplyDeleteYou can freeze it simply in a ziplock, but I dont know if you can fly it to Dubai.
DeleteWow nice mini samosa.U r the queen for the nice pics.
ReplyDeleteI haven't made samosas since I was in high school and they certainly weren't as easy as this and didn't turn out as lovely as this! I'm pinning it for later. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIn Bangalore, we can get it in More Hypermarkets in the frozen section. Its name is also called Switz Pastry sheets. Costs approx 50 INR.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the info
Deletewhere can we find these sheets in Lucknow ? plz help
ReplyDeleteI got it from Big Bazaar,where the frozen items are kept!
ReplyDeleteIts amazing raks.I have no words to tell. But tell how to make homemade biscuits without using microwave/oven. plz.
ReplyDeleteyou look very young & I wonder were you learn all these. I really admire your cooking. Exceptional.
ReplyDeleteWowwww such a simple n easy method... thank u.... thinking of trying this for the potluck to be held this sunday.... Iam allotted to do Starter for 40 persons n here I ve got the recipe ;) ...a biggggggggggggg thanks
ReplyDelete-^- for your patience
ReplyDeleteCan we use wheat flour or rice flour for sealing purpose
ReplyDeleteNot sure if it will seal properly. But you can try for one or two and test.
DeleteWhere to find the sheets in Singapore??
ReplyDeleteFairprice, frozen section.
ReplyDeleteHi... Does anyone know where can we find the pastry sheets in US.
ReplyDeletehow to freeze them?? you mean in freezer??
ReplyDeleteCan you bake these as a healthier option instead of deep frying them?
ReplyDeleteDear for making samosas shall I use puff pastry sheet? Whether it will come well?
ReplyDeleteYou cannot use puff pastry
DeleteHow can I store my left over puff sheets
ReplyDeleteCling wrap and put it in a cover. Or atlease if you have ziploc cover you can put inside it and place it in another cover and keep in freezer.
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