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🍽️ Crispy Meat Samosas
2660 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 400 g lamb mince
- 50 g dried apricots (chopped)
- 2 tsp freshly grated ginger
- 2 tbsp ghee (or clarified butter)
- 0.5 tsp cumin seeds
- 0.25 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp paprika powder (sweet)
- 1 tsp garam masala
- salt
- 300 g flour
- 4 tbsp ghee (or clarified butter)
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp thyme seeds
- 1 l oil (for frying)
- oil (for the work surface)
Instructions
- 1. Put flour, ghee, salt, thyme, and 175 milliliters of water into a bowl.
- 2. Knead the ingredients into a firm and pliable dough.
- 3. Let the dough rest covered for about 20 minutes.
- 4. Peel an onion and dice it into small cubes.
- 5. Heat ghee in a pot.
- 6. Fry cumin seeds over medium heat for about 1 minute.
- 7. Stir in ginger and all spices except salt.
- 8. Add the onions and the minced meat.
- 9. Fry the mixture until crumbly.
- 10. Add the apricots.
- 11. Fry everything for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 12. Reduce the heat and place the lid on.
- 13. Simmer the filling for about 10 minutes.
- 14. Add 1/2 cup of water if necessary.
- 15. Season the filling with salt.
- 16. Let the filling cool down.
- 17. Divide the dough into 8 equal balls.
- 18. Oil a large wooden board.
- 19. Roll each dough ball into a round flatbread with a diameter of about 20 centimeters.
- 20. Cut each flatbread in half.
- 21. Fold one half of the flatbread at the straight edge.
- 22. Press the edges together firmly with moistened fingers to form a pocket.
- 23. Fill about 2 teaspoons of the filling into the pocket.
- 24. Seal the edges of the pocket with moistened fingers.
- 25. Repeat this process for all samosas.
- 26. Heat oil in a pot over medium heat.
- 27. Add the samosas in batches to the hot oil.
- 28. Fry them for about 3 to 4 minutes.
- 29. Turn the samosas once during frying.
- 30. Place the finished samosas on kitchen paper to absorb excess oil.
- 31. Keep the samosas warm until serving.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 2660
- Protein: 29 g · Fett/Fat: 262 g · Carbs: 56 g