Potato and pea samosas with a spicy relish
Serving: 2
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Directions
- Heat the oil in a small non-stick saucepan and fry the mustard seeds for about 10 seconds until they splutter. Add the onion and ginger and cook for 2 minutes over a high heat. Add the peas and give the pan a good stir, then add the spices, salt and a splash of water
- Cook for 1 minute, then add the potatoes and coriander and cook for 2–3 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C. Unroll the pastry, peel off one piece, then cover the remainder with cling film and a damp tea towel to prevent it drying out. Lay the first piece of pastry flat on a clean surface and brush with melted butter.
- Fold in one third of the pastry lengthways. Brush again with the butter and fold in the other end to make a long triple-layered strip. Halve the strip crosswise – your strip needs to be only about 10cm long.
- Place one rounded teaspoon of the filling at one of the short ends of the strip, leaving a 2cm border. Fold the right corner diagonally to the left, enclosing the filling and forming a triangle. Fold again along the upper crease of the triangle.
- Keep folding this way until you reach the end of the strip. Brush the outer surface with the butter.
- Place on a baking sheet and cover while you make the rest of the samosas. Before baking, sprinkle with sesame seeds, if using. Bake in the centre of the oven for 30–35 minutes until golden and crisp, turning halfway.
- Serve with homemade sweet chilli sauce
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 60 g chopped onion
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 600 g potatoes, boiled until soft, peeled and crushed into large lumps
- 4 tbsp. chopped fresh coriander leaves
- 1 packet filo pastry
- 5 tbsp melted butter, for brushing
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds (optional; you can also use poppy or nigella seeds)
- Sweet Chilli Sauce
- Fresh Coriander