Tuna Samosa Recipe – Tuna Stuffed Savoury Pastries Recipe
Ingredients :
For Samosa Dough:
Unbleached All Purpose flour : 2 cups
Salt : 3/4 tsp
Oil or Ghee : 1 1/2 tbsp
Water : 1/2-3/4 cup
For Tuna Filling :
Tuna : 1 can (drained)
Onion : 1 no (finely chopped)
Green chillies : 2-3 (chopped)
Ginger : 1 tsp (chopped)
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Red Chilli powder : 1/2 tsp
Garam masala : 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds : 1/2 tsp
Coriander Leaves : 1 tbsp (chopped)
Curry leaves : few (chopped)
Oil : 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
How to make Tuna Samosa – Tuna Stuffed Savoury Pastries :
Preparation for Tuna Filling :
1. Heat oil in a pan, add fennel seeds,chopped onion and cook until slightly translucent.
2. Add chopped green chillies,ginger,curry leaves and all the spice powders and mix well.
3. Add the tuna and salt; saute for a while and cook for 2 minutes.
4. Sprinkle the chopped coriander leaves and mix well; remove from the fire and keep it aside.
Preparation for Samosa :
1. Sift flour and salt together.
2. Make a well in the center of the mixture and quickly pour in oil and water. Stir briskly until combined, gradually adding more water if necessary. Dough should be hard but pliable.
3. On a lightly floured surface, knead dough for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
4. Cover with damp towel and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes.
5. Divide into equal sized ball and roll each ball into a circle about 1/10 of an inch thick and 8-9 inches across.
6. Cut the cricle into four quarter. Take one quarter and fold it along the curved edges till two ends meet.
7. Seal by brushing a bit of water along the edges and make a cone.
8. Fill 2 tsp of tuna filling in the samosa cone and seal the other end of the cone with bit of water.
9. Heat 2 inches oil in a skillet or pan when its hot reduce to medium heat.
10. Slide the 4to5 samosas at a time and fry until golden brown on each side.
11. Remove and drain on a paper towel. Serve hot with green chutney or sauce of your choice.
Notes :
- You can replace samosa filling with some cooked veggies or any cooked meat.
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Happy Cooking!
Thank you Reina. I haven't tried baking,however I've seen some baked version recipes,so it should be ok.Give it try! Let me know how you go as I will update the post with your tips!:)
Happy Cooking!
Sangeetha
great looking recipe. can I bake or grill these in the oven instead of deep frying?
Thank Ammu! Thank you for trying it out, and for letting me know. So glad that that it both recipes lived up to your expectations!
Cheers!
Sangeetha
geethu,,,super samosa,& erachi puttu,,randum try cheythu,,,adipoli to..tuna samosa ketit polum ellayirunnu,,ugrannnn to,thanku so muchhh:)100/100 mark tharunnu to:))
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I just told my husband that if I could eat one thing forever, I'm pretty sure it would be samosas! 🙂 YUM! These look amazing!
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Tuna and Samosa? Must try this out.
wowwww..thats awesome..superb samosas n superb click.. 🙂
wonderful snaps and wow recipe 🙂 would love to try some veggie version to it.
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Gorgeous samosas, wud be great in this cold weather!!
wow .. love it dear..
wow! that's look delicious!
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Interesting filling …never even thought about it..looks perfect and crisp.
Tuna samosas sound wonderful!
wow…yummy….
Looks so crispy and nice filling.
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nice presentation… one of our fav tea time snacks…
Hi Kothiyavunu I would like to share an award with you, please collect it from my blog… nice samosas..full marks for the homemade pastry..
what a clear demonstartion!! those samosas look absolutely perfect!! i'll love them with a pudina or coriander chutney!!!
I'm also trying somosa wrap but couldn't. look nice!!!
Hey sangee you are rocking as always,cannot take my eyes off from the samosas.I have been thinking for a long time to make samosas but felt lil lazy n cozy coz of this weather.Will surely try this samosa n let you know dear.They are so appealing n i can eat all of them 😀
These tuna samosa look absolutely perfect. It sounds so crunchy and delicious, I love all these helpful step-by-step photos!
Fantastic fish samosa Sangeetha, looks crispy and crunchy with yummy filling!!!
wow thats a fantastic filling.
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you have posted a lot of great recipes lately..will check them out later..
Your tuna samosa look just incredible!
Adipoi samosa sangee..looks awesome and tempting..filling sounds great..try cheythu nokkam..:)
wow..this looks perfect..i love samosas
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wow..a fish samosa..never thought of it !!!
Nice innovative recipe..never thought of making fish samosas
WOW those look DELICIOUS!!! Nice work – I've never had them with tuna before!
delicious samosa….perfect
I want some of these right now!
ummmmm….first time seeing samosa with tuna…
wow well explained!!!Good job!!!
Samosas looks very tempting with the perfect proffessional look…
Delicious samosas, lovely filling, i do the same filling sometimes when i feel like having seafoods..
Looks so moorish, very nice!
perfect!!never had these with tuna stuffing. sounds so yum.
wow!! samosa with fish filling..adipoli anello….
How unique is this filling!!!! & looks perfectly yum too….
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Perfectly shaped and perfect color too…I love samosas and these look yum…
Oh! my favourite samosas. You have presented very nicely with step by step pictures. Looks delicious and tempting. Feel like having it now.
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looks adipolin yummy!!!
Perfect samosa! Love the step by step explanation:)
endae favourite annu somosa…looks perfect and crispy!!
perfect and crispy one…loved the way u have explained it…
Perfect samosas… Yummy…
very helpful presentation..i can also try the same way..:)
Awesome.. looks fantastic and I am sure it tastes that good too
Awesome and Perfect Samosas. I have never tried making Tuna or any kind of meat samosas. Love your step by step pictorial presentation. My older one LOVES Samosas.He just comes along to the Indian Store with me as they also sell Samosas.lOl.Also its been so long that I even made regular samosas.
Nice step by step pictures dear..the tuna filling sounds simply delicious…a treat for seafood lovers like me 🙂
Perfect samosas…ippol kittiyirunnel chayede kude kazhikkamayirunnu 😀 Will try this filling soon !
Gorgeous samosas Dear..and perfect snack for Tuna lovers,for me i will try with salmon…naatile thattukadayil kanunna athe look….
Love the filling.Yummy with ketchup.Nice step by step picture…..