Kumar Samosa wala – 21 and still counting

Kumar Samosa wala – 21 and still counting

Samosa brings to memory a bulgy triangular body stuffed with spicy mashed potatoes. I read somewhere long time back that samosa is originally a mughlai dish to be stuffed with keema.  Non-veg not being a popular choice in Indian sub continent, the keema was replaced with potato – food for the masses. The samosa has been a roller coaster ride since then. Samosa is a first choice of snack on arrival of guests, sometimes substituted by pakoda. The samosa shop can be located in any nook and corner of the country. Tea is the bride and Samosa is the groom, both incomplete without each other.

Kumar Samosa wala at moti nagar, delhi has continued the history of replacing keema with potato. Till now has discovered 21 such replacements and still counting. Malai Paneer, Chowmein, Shahi Paneer, Manchurian are not the dishes at kumar samosa wala but the different kinds of samosas. All look same outside but not inside. Each has a different stuffing. All salty and spicy is not the tradition, there are two variants of sweet samasa as well. Gujiya Samosa and Chocolate Samosa.

Where: The shop is located in a residential colony behind Milan cinema in karampura, Delhi. Looks like just another snack shop in a residential colony and is identified by a bunch of customers waiting for the order to be served or packed.

Business Hours:  Opens at around 9 in the morning to 8:30 in the evening.

Serves: More than 21 varieties of Samosa, Cheese sandwich and rolls. It also hosts a small set up of Chinese counter outside the shop on road serving spring roll and fries. The samosas are served in paper plates and can pick your choice of chutney or sauce from the counter. Tissues are available on request.

Taste:  Samosas are tasty but the USP is variety and not the taste.

Price:  Aptly priced, the price for simple aloo samosa is 12, paneer and sweet variants are 25. Spring rolls are priced at 40. Value for money.

Serving Size: The size of each samosa is around that of a fist and very filling.

Hygiene:  Good. No exceptional bad catch noticed.

Ambience:  They don’t qualify to this. It is a small shop with the counter placed at the front. One cannot enter the shop and no arrangements for sitting.

Staff:  Again not applicable. There are just two individuals in the shop taking money and giving back samosas.

USP:  One gets to taste more than 21 variants of samosas at one shop and a very decent price.

Packing:  They pack the samosa in brown bag with the green chutney in case you want to take them along.

Why to eat? :  Want to have different varieties of samosa.

Why not to eat? :  Want to eat something other than samosa.