Samosa - a good way to use up left over meat or any veg gluts...

[Sparkly]

I have found this recipe on the web:

http://www.samosa-recipe.com/Samosa_Pastry.html

...and I have to say it is very good (and easy).

I have made samosas using short pastry and they were tasty, but not the same as proper ones.

I tried these yesterday using a load of leftover chicken and the pastry was perfect :)

You could put whatever you wanted in the middle.

I made a filling with leftover chicken (minced up), cooked with green peppers, onion, garlic, chilli, ginger, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, corriandor seeds, and lemon juice.

I am going to make some more vegetable ones today and freeze them.

[Sparkly]

[Sinbad7]

Yummy, they sound really good, might give them a go after I've made the soup I keep promising myself to make.

[PurpleHeather]

I have got one of those plastic things for pasties and a mini one came with it.

The mini one is brilliant for shorcrust then  filling with left overs. Just add some extra flavour, freeze then serve them up as nibbles.

They are especially useful if you have a load of teenagers,  these odd members of the human species are always hungry and if they descent upon you  a quick bake and there is tons of finger food.

Avoids waste.

[1066]

YUM!

I've switched to using filo pastry for samosas and cooking them in the oven - definitely less oily that way (I used to buy the samosa sheets and fry them  :-X)

And YUM again  ;D

[Biscombe]

Great idea, if only I hadn't started the diet!

[Duke Ellington]

I use filo pastry too to make my samosa's.  An old recipe I had suggested using beaten egg white between the layers instead of butter.This thread has reminded me to make some more. :)

Duke

[cambourne7]

You should also find that the pastry is reduced in supermarkets as they try to clear the backlogs of things about to go out of date. I saw some the other day and did not think to pick some up :)

Good idea :)

[lolabelle]

i made samosas with filo  with a filling of chopped goose and cold roast spuds spiced with various spices and they were yummy

[Sparkly]

Just a reminder of this for you looking to use up gluts. I have just made a batch using potatoes, carrots, onions, peas, garlic and spices as a filling.  ;D

[PurpleHeather]

I just remembered too that the recipe leaflet which came with the sandwich toaster which most of us have somewhere, suggests using leftovers for fillings.