Onion samosas are a bite sized savoury snack which are filled with onions in a crisp flaky pastry. These are also popular as Irani Samosas and are a popular street food from the royal city of Hyderabad .
Samosas originated in the Middle East where they were called Sambusak and were brought to India in the thirteenth century . If you Explore the Flavors of Street Food you will observe that Samosas are a popular snack all over the country , though each state has its own variety . We have different stuffings for these samosas the potato and peas being the most popular . We also get samosas in different sizes , the Punjabi samosas are nice and big , unlike the onion samosas which are quite small .
Hyderabad is very popular for these onion samosas . The onions are sliced and a little flattened rice is added to it to absorb the juices from onions which is oozed out after adding salt and spices . The stuffing is tucked into a mini cone made from all purpose flour . I used ready made samosa sheets , but one can make these sheets at home too , these are then fried to a crisp golden .
The onion samosas are normally sold by vendors moving from one place to the other on bicycles . These are sold in sets of five samosas and priced at RS 5 . Of course these are also available in restaurants and Irani cafes along with chai or tea . It is interesting to know that the onion samosas are also called Patti samosas and Chota Samosas . Patti Samosas because they are made from patti which is sheets . Chota Samosas because they are small . The other variety of stuffings are keema , corn and daal .
I have already posted some samosa variations which you could check
Moong Daal Patti Samosas
Cheese Paneer Samosas
Briaided Samosas
Pinwheel Samosas
Gulab Jamun Samosas
Onion Samosas
Ingredients
6 Samosa pattis
Stuffing
1 large onion , sliced
1/2 cup thin poha
1 tsp red chilly powder
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp dry mango powder
1” ginger , finely chopped
2-3 tbsp coriander leaves , finely chopped
Glue
2 tbsp all purpose flour
1 tbsp water
Method
Stuffing
Mix the sliced onion , poha , red chilly powder , garam masala, ginger , salt and coriander leaves .
Mix with your hands , so that the juice from onions is oozed out and soaks the poha.
Keep the stuffing aside .
Glue
Mix the flour and water and make a smooth paste.
Preparing the samosas
Take a samosa strip and form a cone at one corner .
Fill in the prepared stuffing .
Now fold the strip over the cone and just go around folding .
Seal with the prepared glue .
Check here for step by step pics.
Brush the samosas with oil .
You could now deep fry , bake or use a air fryer to get them crisp and golden .
I used an airfryer and preheated it for 3 minutes at 180 .
After that put them in the airfryer basket and fried them for 4 minutes ,have them a stir and fried for another 4 minutes .
Here is what I have been posting under Explore the Flavors
F – Fariyali Sabudana Khichadi
Onion Samosas
Ingredients
- 6 Samosa pattis
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour + water as required
Stuffing
- 1 large onion sliced
- 1/2 cup thin poha
- 1 tsp red chilly powder
- 1/4 tsp garam masala
- 1/4 tsp dry mango powder
- 1 ginger finely chopped
- 2-3 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
Glue
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
Stuffing
- Mix the sliced onion , poha , red chilly powder , garam masala, ginger , salt and coriander leaves .
- Mix with your hands , so that the juice from onions is oozed out and soaks the poha.
- Keep the stuffing aside .
Glue
- Mix the flour and water and make a smooth paste.
Preparing the samosas
- Take a Samosa strip and form a cone at one corner .
- Fill in the prepared stuffing .
- Now fold the strip over the cone and just go around folding .
- Seal with the prepared glue .
- Check here for step by step pics.
- Brush the samosas with oil .
- You could now deep fry , bake or use a air fryer to get them crisp and golden .
- I used an airfryer and preheated it for 3 minutes at 180 .
- After that put them in the airfryer basket and fried them for 4 minutes ,have them a stir and fried for another 4 minutes .
Notes
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Wowww I am from hyderabad and Rio cafe in secunderabad sell the best onion samosas. My mouth is watering.
These Irani samosas are popular all over mumbai in small tea shops as well as a lot of stalls especsially around Ramzan where all kinds of stuffing including mawa n dry fruits are used along with Kheema. Air frying is a good option .
Perfect pick for O and air frying makes it more healthy. in TN these mini samosas are popular, especially in theaters.
I miss this samosas rite now here. I havent prepared them since a long as well. Just came from Priya’s space she also posted this Irani samosa and you both are tempting me to fry some. Too delicious.
Such a crispy and delicious looking samosa these are Vaishali. Samosa are such a quintessential street food. Yours look just perfect.
Onion samosa are my favorite and i have some fond memories associated with it. Air frying them is a healthy option and it looks super crispy, with hot chai, it must be delicious !!! It’s tea time here and i’m craving for this now !!!
Those look so tempting and my husband peeking is asking me when I am going to make these 🙂
Always like onion samosas than the potato samosa and making in air fryer makes it super healthy!!
We used to get it in cinema theatres and they were called as somas. I still remember how exciting we would feel when the vendor comes from row to row to sell these cute samosas. Your version with the ready made sheets look superb!.
Irani samosas and Irani chai must be a classic combo. Lovely choice for the letter O. I love how flaky your samosas are. Now that air frying makes it a guilt free pleasure.
Delicious street food. Here in Kenya we hardly see or get the Punjabi style samosas. We usually make and get the ones with the crispy pastry. They taste so different from the Punjabi samosas. With Ramadan approaching samosas will be sold on the streets everywhere.
I love mini samosas and the ones we get here are with mostly onions sometime mixed with cabbage, either version tastes so good!..these are so nicely done too Vaishali..
Samosa is the popular street food and as you said the stuffing options are limitless. Onions with poha as stuffing sounds really interesting .
wow airfryer version of samosas looks so delicious di !! I love irani samosa a lot these look so inviting and guilt free .. 5 Rs for these is such a reasonable price , we do get these samosas at chennai too.. These bite-size samosas are my all time fav.. Wonderful recipe choice di !!
That looks delicious! Look that perfect shape and perfect golden crust! Superb Vaishali! Perfect With that cup of chai!
I am just drooling over that samosa picture. So flaky and thin crust. Love how marvelous it looks. I have to get some experience to make the flaky outer covering.
Mmm, these onions samosas look sooo delicious! I have to try them soon, thanks for sharing this amazing recipe with us!
My kids love these samosas Vaishali. We get them in the bakeries here and they are so crisp and yum! Looking at your recipe, I am thinking of getting an air frier. It will really be worth it!
Love the samosa triangle verison.. Onion samosa looks so tasty with masala chai.