These Air Fryer Tortilla Samosas are so easy and tasty.
If you love Samosas, you do know that it is a lengthy process if you wish to make it at home from scratch. From mixing the dough to rolling it out and then stuffing and frying it. It easily takes you at least a minimum of an hour!
Years ago when I was living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, my very good friend Rachel used to make these ‘samosas’ using tortillas as the outer pastry. She used to make at least 100 of these for her family gatherings! She deep-fried them and they were delicious.
I decided to make these in the air fryer so that they could be healthier. They turned out really good and with just a little bit of oil.
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The filling that I used is potatoes and peas. You could use just about any filling savory or sweet.
Savory fillings could be:
Potato masala
Paneer and peas
Cauliflower and potato
Mincemeat
Chicken mince
Ideas for Sweet fillings:
Any kind of jelly or jam
Chocolate or Nutella
Coconut and Jaggery (Indian unrefined sugar)
How do you make these Air Fryer Tortilla Samosas?
You can use any brand of store-bought tortillas, flour tortillas taste best but you could use whole wheat or low carb. I have not tried these with corn tortillas so do not know how they would taste.
Each tortilla is cut in half, so you get 2 samosas from one tortilla. You can use a knife to cut the tortilla in half or a pizza cutter like I did.
Fold one semi-circle into a triangle shape.
Use some flour paste ( a mixture of all-purpose flour and water) to stick the tortilla in a triangle shape. It basically acts as glue.
(Update: My friend tried these out, she used just water to stick the edges together and they turned out good, so you can skip the flour and water paste and use just water to moisten the edges to stick them together. Thank you, Manasa for your feedback!)
Hold the pointed end down and fill the samosa with the filling.
The filling that is used is this potato masala.
Do not overfill, around one tablespoon of filling should be enough.
Close up the samosa using the flour paste around the edges.
Fill in all your samosas.
Brush them on both sides with oil, I used olive oil but you could use canola, vegetable or peanut oil.
Put in the air fryer at 350 degrees for around 10 minutes, turning once in between.
Enjoy your tasty, crispy tortilla samosas!
6 Comments
Easy and guilt free samosas…can’t wait to try them…looks so yummy…Thanks Nandini😊
Welcome, Kalyani! Please try them and let me know how it turns out for you! Thanks for visiting!
Hello Nandini ! Very happy to see you and looking forward to get some good ideas from your blog. This samosa recipe brought up so many precious memories of Harrisburg.
Keep posting !
Hi Ketaki! Thank you for visiting my blog! Yes, those were really fun days! Lovely to hear from you and yes I’m going to keep posting weekly, so do visit often. Have a great day!
Hey Nandini I just tried it out in the air fryer and it tastes just like a samosa.It’s a quick and easy fix for ur tummy when u really in no mood to cook but have left over potato curry lying in ur refrigerator :)Dee loved it too.. Thanks for the yummy recipe.
Your welcome! Thanks for letting me know how it turned out for you Manasa! Glad you’ll enjoyed it!