Potato and pea pastry samosas
A sort of healthy variant for your guilty cravings. These work well as a side or a main, or as easy to handle picnic food. Will shine bright made in smaller sizes for party finger food too.
Ingredients
- 5 Large Potatoes Peeled
- 1 cup Fresh or frozen sweet peas
- 1 Small Brown Onlion
- 2 cloves Garlic or dried garlic flakes
- 1 Fresh chili If using
- 1 tsp Turmeric
- 1 tsp Dried mango powder (Aamchoor) Skip if not available
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder or sweet paprika Whichever prefered
- 1 tsp Cumin and coriander powder
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Dried ginger powder or fresh ginger paste/grated
- 2 tsp Flaxseed powder or chia seeds if you wish to to hide some extra nutrition in this snack
- 6 Slices Cheddar cheese 1 slice for each samosa
- 3 Sheets Puff pastry sheets (I use all butter)
- Salt and paper to taste
- Water, to boil potatoes
- 1 tsp Peanut oil to to fry
- 1 tbs Oil to coat the samousas in Or use cooking spray
Instructions
- 1. Roughly chop and steam or boil the potatoes. You can check if they are done or not buy pocking a fork in them.2. Meanwhile, keep the puff pastry out to thaw. 3. Drain and mash with a fork or a potato masher. 4. Add all the spices and sugar to the mix.5. Add the frozen baby peas while the potato mash is hot to thaw. 6. While you do this, on the side heat the oil in a small pan, and fry the onion, garlic and the green chili until golden brown. If using fresh ginger, add this too and cook until the raw ginger smell goes away. 7. Add the onion mix to the potatoes. Combine well.8. Line a baking plate with the reserved oil. Preheat the oven to 200 C fan forced. 9. Cut the puff pastries in half, using each half to create one pocket or samosa. You can make them smaller if you wish. 10. Put appropriate amount of filling inside along with the slice of cheese, so you have enough space on the edges to pinch the seams together. You can use a little bit of water to help it stick. Just use your wet finger to trace the edges. 11. Give a coat of oil and leave to bake until golden brown and flaky all around. Should take about 15 – 20 minutes. Keen an eye on them! 12. Rest a few minutes before you dive in, else you will burn your mouth. Enjoy!
Notes
You can of course tweak this to suit you. You can substitute potatoes with sweet potatoes for a more healthier version! Have many a different version? I'd love to hear about it!