How to make Flaky Mushroom Potato Pie or Homemade Crispy Samosa Pastry

Prepare Dough I

• In a bowl, add flour, sugar, salt, and mix. Now add oil and mix so that it is incorporated well with the flour. Add water little by little and form a soft dough.
  1 ½ cups All purpose flour, 1 tablespoon Sugar, ½ teaspoon Salt, ⅓ cup Cooking oil, ¼ cup + 2 tablespoon Water
• Cover and let it sit for 30 minutes.

Prepare Dough II

• Add flour and butter in a bowl and mix so that butter is incorporated with flour. The butter-flour mixture should come together as a mass and retain its shape.
  ½ cup All purpose flour, ¼ cup Butter
• Keep this covered for 30 minutes.

Prepare Mushroom Potato Pie Filling

• In a pan on medium heat, add oil. Once the oil is hot, add garlic cloves, onion, salt to taste and saute till the onions become translucent.
  1 tablespoon Oil, 1 tablespoon Garlic, 1 Onion, Salt
• Now add mushrooms and saute till it is cooked through. Add frozen green peas and saute for one more minute. Finally, add mashed potatoes, curry powder and toss to combine. Keep this aside.
  8 Mushrooms, 2 Potatoes, ⅓ cup Green peas, 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder

How to make Flaky Pies or Flaky Samosas

• Check video for better understanding. Divide dough I and dough II into six equal parts. Using your palm roll to form round balls.
• Take one ball from dough 1 and one from dough 2. Cover the rest to avoid it from drying.
• Using a rolling pin, flatten the ball from dough 1 and pinch the edges to make it thin. Place the ball from dough 2 at the center of rolled-out dough and wrap like momo or dumpling. Gently press the dough ball between your palms.
• Flatten this piece of dough into a rectangle or oval shape. Tightly roll from the short end to form a cylinder shape. Flatten it again and tightly roll to form a cylinder. This step helps create those flaky layers. For better understanding, check the making of flaky layers here.
• Cut them into two pieces. Using a rolling pin, roll out one portion into a disk shape, about 1 millimeter thick. Add the filling, around 1 or 2 tbsp, at the center.
• Fold over the dough, pinch the ends and seal it any way you prefer. I have tried to pleat it like a rope. You can also use a fork to press down and seal the edges. Your 1st pie is ready for frying. Repeat this for the other portion and the remaining five dough balls to make 12 flaky pies or samosas.

Frying the Flaky Pies or Samosas

• Heat oil in a pan on medium flame. The trick here is to fry it on low flame until it is cooked through to get that crispy outer texture.
  Oil
• When it starts to turn golden, flip and cook on the other side.
• Repeat the process till you are done frying all the pies.