Easy Samosas
62 Min
Intermediate
These oven baked beauties are really easy and fun to make - fill them with whatever you like - we've used simple potatoes and peas with a few spices but you can add your own twist - everything goes! We love these warm straight from the oven dunked in our Maggi Tamarind Sauce.
Ingredients
10
Makes 20
ingredient_quantity
recipe ingredient
4
tablespoons
Maggi Tamarind Sauce
600
g
potatoes, peeled
60
g
frozen peas
0.5
teaspoon
Mustard Seed
1
teaspoon
Root Ginger
1
small
Red onion
1
teaspoon
ground cumin
0.5
teaspoon
Garam Masala
0.25
teaspoon
chilli flakes
250
g
filo pastry
5
tablespoons
melted butter
1
teaspoon
white or black sesame seeds
10
g
fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped
1
teaspoon
Salt
.
Nutrition Value
Carbohydrate
28.2 g
Energy
187.1 kcal
Fat
7.6 g
Fibre
2.5 g
Protein
3.7 g
of which: saturates
4 g
Sodium
433 mg
of which: sugars
3.6 g
Information per serving
Instructions
62 Minutes
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Cook the potatoes
5 MinCut the potatoes into a 1cm cube. Cook the potatoes in boiling, salted water for 5 minutes then drain. Add the frozen peas to the drained potatoes (they should defrost in the residual heat). -
Fry the spices
4 MinPut a little oil in a pan and fry the mustard seeds for 1 minute - they should start to pop! Add the ginger and onion and continue to cook for 2-3 minutes until the onion has softened. -
Make the filling
2 MinPut the cooked onion mixture into a bowl with the potatoes and peas and add the remaining spices and chopped coriander. Season with salt and mix well. -
Make the samosas
10 MinUnroll the pastry and cover with cling film and a damp tea towel. Peel off one piece and keep the rest covered so that it doesn't dry out. Lay the pastry sheet flat on a clean surface and brush with melted butter. Fold in one third of the pastry lengthways towards the middle. Brush again with the butter and fold in the other side to make a long triple-layered strip. -
Fill the samosas
10 MinPlace a heaped teaspoon of mixture at one end of the strip, leaving a 2cm/1in border. Take the right corner and fold diagonally to the left, enclosing the filling and making triangle. Fold again along the upper crease of the triangle. Keep folding in this way until you reach the end of the strip. Brush the outer surface with more butter. Place onto a baking sheet and cover while you make the rest of the samosas. Sprinkle over a few sesame seeds. -
Bake
30 MinBake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden and crisp, turning halfway through. -
Serve
1 MinEat the samosas whilst still warm, served with the Tamarind sauce on the side to dip!
