Spicy Samosas

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Spicy Samosas
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Ingredients for samosas filo or samosa pastry, 1
potato, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 2 x 15ml spoons frozen
peas, 1 x 5ml spoon turmeric, ½ x 5ml spoon cumin.
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Pre-heat the oven - Gas 6 / 200C.
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1. Peel an onion. Make a bridge with your hand
and cut the onion in half. Put the flat sides
down on the board.
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2. Hold the onion firmly with your hand like a
claw. Slice across without cutting through the
root.
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3. Turn the onion round and still holding it
like a claw, slice in the other direction.
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4. Peel a carrot. Cut off the top and bottom.
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5. Cut the carrot in half and stand each half on
end. Cut down in a criss-cross pattern.
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6. Turn the carrot round and cut across to make
small cubes.
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7. Peel and slice the potato. Cut into strips
and then into cubes.
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8. The prepared ingredients.
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9. Put the onion, carrot and potato in a small
saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the
boil.
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10. Put a lid on the pan and boil for about 5
minutes.
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11. Drain in a sieve or colander.
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12. Put the drained vegetables in a bowl with
the peas and add 1 x 5ml spoon of turmeric.
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13. Add ½ x 5ml spoon of cumin.
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14. Mix well.
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Filo pastry dries out very quickly, so put the
unused pieces between two sheets of cling film
until required.
15. Cut the filo pastry into strips about 25cm x
10cm. Put about 2 x 5ml spoons of filling in
one corner. Fold the pastry over the filling in
a triangle.
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16. Continue to fold the pastry over, keeping
the triangular shape all the way along. Seal
edges with a little oil or flour and water paste.
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17. Brush the samosas with vegetable oil.
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18. Bake for about 20 minutes on Gas mark 6 /
200C.
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19. When cooked they should be crisp and golden
brown.
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A selection of snacks Springy Spring Rolls,
Spicy Samosas and Wondrous Wraps.