Indian Samosa Pie

Description

If you’ve ever had a samosa you’ll love this samosa pie! It’s very easy to make, even for a beginner! Experiment with your spice level; this is a more mild version. These also freezes well to be baked later.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup whole-wheat pastry flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 6 tablespoons ice-cold water, or more as needed
  • 1 ¼ pounds potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 1 tablespoon black or yellow mustard seeds
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder, or more to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes (Optional)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vegetable oil
  • 1 cup diced onion
  • ½ cup diced carrot
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 cup low-sodium vegetable broth
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Whisk all-purpose flour
  3. pastry flour
  4. and salt together in a bowl. Drizzle 2 tablespoons vegetable oil into flour mixture while stirring until clumps form. Stir cold water
  5. 1 tablespoon at a time
  6. into the dough until it holds together; shape into a ball
  7. cover with a damp towel
  8. and set aside.
  9. Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender
  10. about 15 minutes; drain. Transfer drained potatoes to a large bowl and mash until only small chunks remain.
  11. Stir mustard seeds
  12. curry powder
  13. ground ginger
  14. cumin
  15. and red pepper flakes together in a bowl.
  16. Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion
  17. carrot
  18. and garlic in hot oil until carrot is tender
  19. about 5 minutes.
  20. Move onion mixture to one side of the skillet. Pour seasoning mixture into the skillet and cook until spices are toasted and fragrant
  21. about 30 seconds. Stir onion mixture and spice mixture together; add vegetable broth and peas to the skillet and stir.
  22. Fold carrot mixture into mashed potatoes; add sugar
  23. stir
  24. and season with salt and pepper. Spread the filling into a 9-inch pie plate.
  25. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface; roll out into an 11-inch circle. Place dough atop pie filling
  26. pressing down on dough in several spots to remove any pockets of air. Trim excess dough from edges. Crimp edges of dough with your fingers. Cut a large ‘X’ in the center of dough to vent steam. Brush milk over dough.
  27. Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown
  28. 40 to 50 minutes. Cool pie 5 minutes before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Servings: 6

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