Samosas

[rascal]

just made and Frozen vege samosas (24) and mince samosas (24)
Tried 2 of each for my dinner. I give them 10/10. I'm pretty impressed as its Margaret futons recipe from a book published in 1984.
I had with tamarind chutney. I will serve with tamarind and next time make some rhaita.

Russ

 

[Yorky]

The best samosas I ever had were in Doha in the '80s and were served by our Lebanese agent's wife. They were very small and I asked her how she managed to keep them all together. She explained that she made the filling (actually told the cook how to make the filling) and then took that round to the local baker who turned it into samosas.

I still have trouble with the "wrapping" so I now use samosa type filling in Phyllo pastry spring rolls (or my wife does).

 

[Morning Glory]

just made and Frozen vege samosas (24) and mince samosas (24)
Tried 2 of each for my dinner. I give them 10/10. I'm pretty impressed as its Margaret futons recipe from a book published in 1984.
I had with tamarind chutney. I will serve with tamarind and next time make some rhaita.

Russ

Photos?

 

[Morning Glory]

There is an interesting comparison of various techniques in this article:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2015/nov/26/how-to-make-the-perfect-samosas

This thread has also given me an idea for deep fried eggs for the Cookalong...

 

[rascal]

I didn't take pics but these were so good, my wife watched a video on u tube and folding the triangles was hard to start with but got better at the end. Pastry was 1 cup flour ,salt, butter, water.

Russ

 

[rascal]

Thanks for the link mg,mine looked exactly like those ones your link had. There was no cabbage in my ones but I may add next time. I know my family n friends will love these. Along with onion bhajees and tandoori chicken. I'm doing these this Sunday.

Russ

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

I made Coconut-Beet Samosas as part of the coconut challenge. I could do without the coconut, to be honest, but the beets were a real winner.

 

[rascal]

I made Coconut-Beet Samosas as part of the coconut challenge. I could do without the coconut, to be honest, but the beets were a real winner.

I love Beetroot, I bottle about 5 to 10 kgs per year. Great in burgers, but I like them best in a sammich with sliced red onion.

Russ

 

[medtran49]

The market I went to today had pastry wrappers in the freezer for samosas. I told Craig we'd have to put those on our to do list.

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

The market I went to today had pastry wrappers in the freezer for samosas. I told Craig we'd have to put those on our to do list.

You could adapt your excellent dim sum wrapper recipe. But, I understand wanting to have something like this handy in case you have impromptu samosa-making urges.

 

[rascal]

I made everything from scratch, cook 2 fillings and make pastry, all up to make 50 samosas about 2 hrs, once the folding of the filling was worked, via you tube, next time will be quicker.

Russ

 

[SlightlyConfused]

I made these about a week ago and they were a hit with my family.

 

[Morning Glory]

I made these about a week ago and they were a hit with my family.

What was the filling? They look good!

 

[SlightlyConfused]

The filling was peas, potatoes, hamburger and jalapeño peppers with a variety of spices a list I can provide if anyone is interested. They were my second attempt at them, the first night I made the dough thicker than I had wanted but on the second night I seemed to have got the thickness correct. New to all this and making dough seems to be my biggest challenge so far. Outside of pie dough I had not really ever made any but for dishes I want to do in the future it is something I want to learn to do properly. I am not sure how others did their but I did deep fry them.

 

[Yorky]

just made and Frozen vege samosas (24) and mince samosas (24)

Do you freeze them before or after deep frying?

I've not tried freezing them (yet).