Cheese Samosa Recipe

Cheese Samosa, crispy samosa crammed with cheese takes lower than 10 minutes to make. Everyone loves a crispy samosa, specially when it’s crammed with cheese and who can say no to it, like cheese chilli toast & cheese spring rolls. Cheese samosa is made with cheese, herbs, onions, spices and fresh coriander leaves which is stuffed inside samosa patti and fried. You may customise this recipe to your liking and it’s freezer friendly as well which is ideal for Ramadan. Learn how one can make crispy cheese samosa with step-by-step pictures and video. 

Cheese Samosa 

Samosa is one in every of my all time favourite snack.I recently discovered readymade frozen samosa sheets and I’m in love with it. You simply make filling for the samosa and stuff them and make samosa. You may decide to fry or bake them. Specially when served with masala chai. This particular samosa is super hit amongst the children, because it is crammed with cheese. I just seasoned the cheese with few herbs alone but you possibly can add onions, peppers and lots of other things as you like. I even have shared yet one more filling idea on this blog post. Since Ramadan is across the corner, I hope this recipe shall be useful for a lot of. 

About Cheese Samosa 

Samosa is one of the vital popular snack in India and loved all around the world. It’s such a flexible recipe, you possibly can stuff them with which ever filling you want they usually taste amazing. A number of the hottest samosa is punjabi potato samosa, chicken samosa, vegetable samosa, potato peas samosa and lots of more. You may stuff them together with your filling of alternative and deep fry to make it crispy. 

This version of samosa is recently very fashionable amongst street vendors and loved by kids and kids. You could find frozen cheese samosa packets available within the frozen aisle of the super market. Big brands like mccain makes frozen cheese samosa. All you would like is to deep fry, bake or air fry these frozen samosa. But making it at home could be very easy, reasonably priced & healthy without added preservatives. 

Despite the fact that samosa is one of the vital loved snack all over the world. It’s high in calories since it is deep fried. One Fried samosa is sort of 100 calories. In case you are searching for healthy alternative to fried samosa, you possibly can decide to air fry or bake samosa. 

Cheese Samosa for Ramadan

Cheese samosa is made with grated cheese which is flavoured with spices, herbs like coriander leaves, oregano, chilli flakes. Optionally you possibly can add finely chopped onions, green chillies. The filling might be customised as per your liking, add a dollop of cream cheese, finely chopped carrots, corn, chopped jalapeño, chopped spinach to make it much more delicious. It has cheese filling and once fried the samosa turns super cheesy. You may serve them with chilli sauce or ketchup for making it much more delicious. 

I used ready made samosa sheets available within the frozen section of the super markets. In case you cannot find readymade samosa patti, you possibly can make it on your personal, refer this homemade samosa sheets. 

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Cheese Samosa Ingredients

Samosa Sheets – Samosa sheets can also be referred to as samosa patti. I used readymade frozen samosa sheets which can be available within the frozen section of the super market. You may make homemade samosa sheets or buy from stores. Store bought is convenient because making samosa Patti at home might be time consuming. 

Cheese – grated cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese might be utilized in cheese samosa. Processed cheese like Amul cheese adds a creamy texture when fried. 

Spices – For Indian style cheese samosa, you possibly can add some cumin powder, chaat masala or amchoor powder as flavouring. 

Dried Herbs – I wish to sprinkle grated cheese with some dried oregano, red chilli flakes and dried parsley for an Italian flavour. 

Optional – Ingredients like fresh coriander leaves, onions, bell peppers, grated carrots, chopped spinach, corn, sliced jalapeños might be used for a variation. 

Oil  – for frying samosa I wish to use neutral tasting oil which doesn’t affect the over all taste of the samosa. 

Fold Samosa Easy Method

Making cheese samosa could be very easy. The filling doesn’t involve any cooking, all you would like is to combine few ingredients in a bowl. You may customise samosa nevertheless way you want.

Folding Samosa is the tricky part. There are numerous way you possibly can fold a samosa. This method that’s shown here is the simple method. If you should make a triangle like samosa. You may check this video on my vlog channel.

But for straightforward approach to folding. Take samosa patti and spoon some filling in the highest corner. Fold it in triangles and keep doing this till it come to the tip. Once it involves the tip, You combine flour with water to form a paste. Use this paste to seal the perimeters. Thats it.

Once samosa is folded, you possibly can either deep fry it immediately or place them on a parchment lined freezer protected container and freeze for future use.

Variations

Samosa might be made lots of of the way and among the hottest variations you possibly can make in a cheese samosa is barely tweak the filling ingredients. Listed below are some ideas for you. 

Cheese Paneer Samosa – grate some fresh homemade paneer into the cheese together with some chopped coriander leaves, roasted cumin powder, chaat masala powder, chopped green chillies and salt. This make a terrific paneer cheese samosa which might be served with green chutney. 

Cheese Corn Samosa – add some steamed sweet corn, some chopped coriander leaves, red chilli flakes and grated garlic for a delicious cheese corn samosa. 

Arabic Cheese Samosa – ½ cup of cream cheese is added together with grated cheese, chopped parsley, green chillies. That is used as filling for samosa. 

Cheese Jalapeno Samosa – Jalapeno and cheese makes a terrific pair. You may add finely chopped jalapeño together with ¼ cup of cream cheese into the grated cheese for a spicy samosa. 

Cheese Chilli Samosa – Use the identical filling as this chilli cheese toast and stuff contained in the samosa. This seems spicy and might be served with sweet chilli sauce. 

Spinach and cheese samosa – finely chop spinach and blend with grated cheese together with grated garlic, chopped green chillies, salt. This makes a yummy snack for teenagers. As an alternative of fresh spinach, you should utilize frozen thawed spinach. 

Make Cheese Samosa (Stepwise Pictures)

Filling 1 – Chilli Cheese Filling

1)Take grated cheese in a bowl. You should use grated mozzarella or cheddar cheese. Use a wonderful grater to grate your cheese. As an alternative of freshly grating cheese, you should utilize pre shredded cheese.

2)Add in salt and red chilli flakes to your cheese. Cheddar cheese may have already got salt added, so be cautious when adding cheese.

3)Add in finely chopped bell peppers into the cheese. Be sure you chop them very finely. So it mixes evenly into the grated cheese.

4)Add in finely chopped coriander leaves. This adds a freshness to your samosa.

5)Add in finely chopped green chillies. This might be skipped for those who want.

6)Mix the cheese with the herbs. That is your cheese filling.

Pro Tip: Optionally you possibly can add spice powders like cumin powder, chaat masala powder, amchoor powder on this. You may add finely chopped onions or grated carrots too.

Filling 2 – Cheese Filling for Kids

7)In case you are making this for teenagers alone, you possibly can easy take grated cheese in a bowl. I’m using grated mozzarella.

8)I added some dried oregano, red chilli flakes and salt to the cheese.

9)Toss the cheese well with the spices and blend well. That is your easy cheese filling which is great for teenagers.

Samosa Patti or Samosa Sheets

10)Samosa sheets can also be referred to as samosa patti. I used readymade frozen samosa sheets which can be available within the frozen section of the super market. You may make homemade samosa sheets or buy from stores. Store bought is convenient because making samosa Patti at home might be time consuming. 

11)Remove the frozen samosa patti from fridge not less than 15 to twenty minutes prior of creating samosa.

Take one sheet of your samosa patti. Samosa patti tends to get dry faster, so it is vital to maintain the remaining samosa sheets covered using a tea towel.

Fold Samosa

12)Spoon some filling on one top of the sheet. Don’t over fill the samosa. Only a tbsp of filling is plenty.

13)Fold like this. Be sure the highest touches the primary corner of the samosa sheet.

14)Now fold it so the samosa filling gets sealed. You should use each your hands for doing this.

15)Now fold it again so it resembles a zig -zag like directions. this is an easy way of folding samosa.

16)Keep repeating this till it involves the tip. This approach to folding ensures the filling gets sealed from all sides and nothing leaks when fried.

All you might have to recollect is to maintain folding it tight and there isn’t a gap within the corner of the samosa.

17)When you come to finish of the samosa sheet, you shall be left with a small end piece which we are going to use to seal the samosa.

Sealing a Samosa

18)For sealing the samosa and spring rolls, I’m using a straightforward paste made with plain flour and a few water. Optionally you should utilize beaten egg, cornstarch mixed with some water.

Fun Fact: I even have even heard people using a mashed banana to seal the spring rolls and samosa.

19)Dip your fingers into the paste and apply on the tip of the sheet.

20)Fold it over the samosa so it’s tightly sealed.

Frying Samosa

21) Heat oil for deep frying. Drop few samosa into the oil and fry on medium high heat till golden and crispy.

Pro Tip: Don’t fry the samosa in hot oil, else the outer layer will get dark brown immediately while the filling stay raw and never molten.

22)Flip over gently and fry till the samosa is golden brown in color.

23)Strain the samosa using a slotted spoon onto some paper towel so the surplus oil is absorbed. Serve cheese samosa with tomato ketchup.

Expert Suggestions

• You may add corn, spinach, jalapenos, onions to your cheese filling. Cheese filling doesn’t must be cooked. 
• You may make the samosa, fry them immediately or place them in a  container and put them in fridge or freezer. 
• For sealing the samosa and spring rolls, I’m using a straightforward paste made with plain flour and a few water. Optionally you should utilize beaten egg, cornstarch mixed with some water.
• As an alternative of frying samosa you possibly can bake or air fry them. 

Bake Samosa

Once samosa is folded. Place them on an oiled baking tray, brush the highest of the samosa with more oil using a pastry brush. Bake samosa in 200 degree C preheated oven for 10 minutes, flip them over and bake for one more 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown. You may brush them top with some ghee before serving. 

Air Fry Samosa

Once samosa is folded. Place them on an greased air fryer basket. brush the highest of the samosa with more oil using a pastry brush. Bake samosa in 180 degree C  for 10 minutes, flip them over and bake for one more 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown. You may brush them top with some ghee before serving. 

Freeze Samosa

Freezing in ziploc – Once samosa is folded. Place them in a parchment lined baking sheet and put them in freezer for 3 hours. Once it’s frozen, you possibly can collect them and place them in a ziploc bag and store in freezer. 

Freezing in Freezer protected container – Line a freezer protected container with parchment paper. Place the samosa in a single layer. Place one other sheet of parchment on top of the samosa and place one other layer of samosa. Repeat this step until the box is full. Store in freezer. 

Samosa might be frozen for two to three months. 

Hungry for More Samosa Flavours

Vegetable Samosa – Mixed vegetables like cabbage, bell peppers, carrots is sauted with spices and filled inside samosa patti. This samosa is so delicious and is a vegetarian family favorite.

Punjabi Samosa – Classic samosa crammed with spiced potato filling in a buttery flaky fried pastry. Taste heaven with some green chutney.

Tapioca Samosa – quite an unusual ingredient to stuff inside a samosa. But this tapioca or cassava samosa is my childhood nostalgic recipe.

Potato Peas Samosa – classic combo or potato and peas stuffed inside samosa sheets and fried till crispy.

Baked Samosa – Who said samosa must be only fried. You may bake samosa to get crispy texture too.

Chicken Samosa – love chicken, the this samosa is a treat for you.

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