# Alur Shingara

A crispy and tasty Bangladeshi hotel-style samosa.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup maida
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 0.5 tsp black cumin
- 1 tbsp butter
- 0.33 cup room temperature water
- 2 tbsp room temperature water
- 1 tbsp mustard oil
- 1 tsp panch phoron
- 2 pieces dry chilli
- 1 piece bay leaf
- 1 cup potato
- 0.5 tsp red chilli powder
- 0.5 tsp turmeric powder
- 0.5 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 0.33 cup coriander leaf
- 0.5 tsp garlic and ginger paste
- 1 cup water
- 0.33 cup onion

## Instructions

1. In a bowl, add maida, black cumin, butter, salt, and sugar.
2. Mix all ingredients well until crumbly.
3. Add room temperature water gradually and mix.
4. Knead everything together to form a dough, then let it rest for half an hour.
5. In a pan, add mustard oil, panch phoron, dry chilli, and bay leaf.
6. Fry for sometime, then add chopped potatoes.
7. Cook for five minutes, then add ginger-garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and salt.
8. Add cumin powder and mix well.
9. Add water and cook until the potatoes are tender.
10. Add garam masala powder and coriander leaves.
11. Add onion, sugar and salt, then mix well and remove from heat.
12. Knead the dough again and divide it into portions.
13. Roll out each portion into a circle.
14. Cut the circle into eight equal parts.
15. Add the potato stuffing to each part.
16. Fold each part to form a samosa shape and seal the edges with water.
17. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the samosas over low to medium heat until golden brown.

## Tips

- Butter can be substituted with cooking oil.
- Hotels use dalda instead of butter.
- For the second batch of frying, let the oil cool down slightly before adding singaras.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-05-30

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