Original Fredericton Samosa
Years ago, they actually posted the recipe in the paper in Freddy - the wrappers were either egg roll wrappers or wonton-I can't remember which and the spice used was garam masala. ;-) Delish!
Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound (90–95%) lean ground beef
- 1 ½ teaspoon ginger paste
- 1 ½ teaspoon garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon Indian chili powder (or ½ teaspoon cayenne)
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric
- 2 small onion, finely chopped (~10 ounces chopped)
- ½ bunch cilantro, chopped
- 1 Serrano peppers, seeded and minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 28-30 spring roll sheets, cut into 3 pieces (see notes)
- 1 egg white, whisked
- Oil, for frying
Instructions
Add the ground beef to a sauté pan over medium-high heat.
Cook and crumble the meat for 1 minute then, add 1 cup of water.
Continue to break the ground beef down and cook for 5 minutes or until the meat is almost cooked.
Drain the ground beef in a sieve in the sink, but don’t let it sit in the sieve for too long.
Immediately add the ground beef back to the same saucepan. You want it to still have some water so the seasonings combine easily.
Season with salt, chili powder, red pepper flakes garam masala, turmeric, ginger paste, and garlic paste.
Cook over medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes until the seasonings are fragrant and combine with the ground beef. If the mixture is too dry, where the seasonings won't combine, add 1-2 tablespoons of water but make sure you dry the meat out completely.
Remove and allow the beef filling to cool in a bowl
Once the ground beef is cooled to room temp, add onions, cilantro, serrano, and lemon
juice and toss to combine. Taste and adjust with more salt to preference.
Notes:
- Make sure onions are supper small... maybe cook them next time.
- Didn't have
Pastry Recipe
Ingredients of Samosa Pastry
- 2 Cups refined flour (sifted)
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp oil
- Cold water (to knead)
How to Make Samosa Pastry
- Add the salt to the flour, and rub the oil into it.
- Add water and knead into a stiff dough (It is important for the dough to be stiff.) Leave to rest for 15 minutes or so.
- Shape dough into smooth balls, and roll the balls into thin rounds. Cut these into halves.
- Take one half, wet the edges, and fold the straight edge at the center and join by one half overlapping the other to form into a cone.
- Press the overlapping portion, and fill the cone with desired filling, and press the edges together to seal.
- The oil should be hot when you add the samosas to it, then lower the heat and let cook till brown.
References
Reference | URL |
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Making samosas | https://onethreadtwothread.blogspot.com/2007/12/making-samosas.html |
Daily Gleaner Archive | https://da.tj.news/region/Fredericton/pub/Daily%20Gleaner |
My Mom's Crispy Beef Samosas | https://littlespicejar.com/beef-samosas/ |
Samosa Pastry Recipe | https://food.ndtv.com/recipe-samosa-pastry-99017 |