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Samosas Recipe


Samosas Recipe
Samosas are delicious and a good way to introduce your family to East Indian cuisine. You can tailor the spiciness of the dish by adjusting the amount and kind of curry you use. I mentioned sweet curry in the recipe because it's light, but if you rea... More

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Ingredients
  • FILLING
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 6 ounces minced lamb
  • 1 potato, par-cooked and diced into 1/2 inch cubes
  • 2 ounces peas
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon sweet curry (or your favorite curry mixture)
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • Oil for deep frying
  • PASTRY
  • 8 ounces plain flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 ounces butter
  • 4 1/2 tablespoons milk
  • Oil for deep frying

Directions
  1. MAKE FILLING
  2. Heat oil in a frying pan.
  3. Sauté garlic and lamb until browned.
  4. Stir in potato, peas, turmeric, and cook, stirring to prevent the mixture from sticking for about 5 minutes.
  5. Season and leave to cool.
  6. MAKE PASTRY
  7. Sift flour and salt into a bowl.
  8. Rub in butter until mixture resembles bread crumbs.
  9. Mix in milk to make tacky dough.
  10. Flour hands, break off pieces of dough, size of a walnut.
  11. Roll out on well-floured board to make thin circle.
  12. ASSEMBLY
  13. In center of each circle, place a good teaspoon of filling.
  14. Dampen edges, fold over to make triangular patty.
  15. DEEP-FRY
  16. Deep fry a few at a time in at least two inches of oil until golden brown.

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Different but tasty thanks high5


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