Satisfy Your Craving! Delightful Cabbage and Carrot Samoosas
Though lifestyle gets busy and fast paced, we would still like to satisfy those cravings. Samoosa’s are so convenient and delicious.
Cook Time
Prep time: 1 hour 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ready in: 2 hours
Yields: Makes +- 100 Samoosa's
Ingredients
Filling:
- 1 onion, chopped
- ½ cabbage, chopped
- 3 carrots, chopped
- 1 red chilli, chopped
- 1 green chilli, chopped
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon garlic and ginger paste
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 5 tablespoons oil
Samoosa:
- 1 kilogram ready-made samoosa pastry
- 4 tablespoons flour, water to mix into a paste
- oil for frying
Instructions for filling
- Heat thick based pot to moderate heat, add 5 teaspoons oil
- Braise by adding onion, mustard seed and turmeric
- Allow to sizzle for 2 minutes
- Add garlic and ginger paste
- Add cabbage, leave for 15 minutes, allow to soften down
- Add carrots, chilies, salt and sugar
- Cook for another 15 minutes, then leave to cool
Instructions for samoosa
- Separate each layer of pastry, apply the flour paste to the edges of the pastry folding into a triangular shape creating a pocket to fill
- Add 1 ½ teaspoon filling, and continue folding in triangular shape
3. Heat oil in a wok or deep frying pan with oil enough to cover samoosa
4. Fry each samosa for at least 3 minutes on both sides
5. Drain excess oil from samoosa on a paper towel
6. Ready to serve
Tips
- You may portion the amount you require and the remaining package and freeze.
- Freeze for up to 6 months.
- During the week or weekends for function, social gathering, family snack or meal just pull out from the freezer, fry and wala!
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