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.
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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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Comments
AUTHORThank you Shauna, I am always willing to assist.
Appreciate your comments.
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Thanks for the alternate recipe, Mitara. I'm sure your American fans will appreciate the time you took to adapt your recipe to American ingredients and means of cooking.
- AUTHOR
Hi Shauna,
You are absolutely welcome to use puff pastry, rolled out thin, and cut into long strips.
- If the pastry misbehaves, lol (as pastry is a bit softer), instead of long strips cut into squares and the pastry remains bit thicker to avoid tearing.
- Add your filling to one corner of the pastry, fold over and press the sides with your fingers or a fork.
With puff pastry, instead of frying (as it will absorb to the oil) rather bake it,
- place each pastry, after applying non stick spray onto the oven tray,
- baste some melted butter onto the top parts of the samoosa pastry
- bake into a preheated oven for 15 to 20 minute until gold brown at 180 degrees.
Wala! Ready to serve, tasting just as divine
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Mitara, this looks delicious. I don't know what samoosa pastry is or if it's available in the U.S. Could I substitute puff pastry?
- AUTHOR
That's wonderful news, so happy to hear
Thank you for your valuable feedback
These sound like tasty treats. I like spicy food, so I'm sure I'd like your samoosas.
- AUTHOR
Appreciate your feedback
Good recipe. In India we fill potato fillings also which is very common.
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