DINNER IN 70 MINUTES

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Vegetable Samoosas

Name: Vegetable Samoosas
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 500 g potatoes, peeled and diced small; 1 tbsp oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 tsp grated fresh ginger; 1 green chilli, finely chopped (optional); 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp garam masala; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 150 g frozen peas; 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 24 samoosa pur sheets or spring roll pastry strips; 2 tbsp flour mixed with 2 tbsp water, to seal; Oil, for deep frying

Crispy vegetable samoosas filled with spiced potato and peas, folded in pur pastry or spring roll sheets. Makes about 24.

Total time70 min

YieldServes 24

DietVegetarian

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Step 1

Boil the potatoes for eight to ten minutes until just tender, then drain.

Step 2

Fry the cumin seeds in the oil for 30 seconds, add the onion and cook for five minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, chilli and spices and fry for one minute.

Step 3

Add the potatoes, peas and salt and cook for three minutes, crushing the potato a little. Stir in the fresh coriander and lemon juice. Cool completely.

Step 4

Fold each pastry strip into a cone, fill with a heaped teaspoon of filling, and fold over into a triangle. Seal the edge with the flour paste.

Step 5

Heat oil about 5 cm deep to 170°C and fry a few samoosas at a time for three to four minutes until golden. Drain on paper towel.

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Cooking notes

Let the filling cool before folding, or the pastry goes soggy.

To bake instead, brush with oil and bake at 200°C for 15 to 20 minutes, turning once.

Never leave hot oil unattended, and keep a lid nearby.

Good to know

Pur pastry is sold frozen at many supermarkets and Indian grocers. Spring roll pastry cut into strips works well too.

Yes. Freeze them uncooked on a tray, then bag them. Fry from frozen, adding a minute or two.

Fold one corner of the strip over to make a cone, fill it, then keep folding the triangle along the strip and seal the end.

About this recipe

Samoosas are a much-loved South African snack, especially in Durban and Cape Town. This vegetable filling of spiced potato and peas is easy to make and freezes well for later.

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