Ingredients
1 tblsp olive oil
250g lamb mince
1 onion
diced
2 potatoes
diced
2 tblsp balti paste
2 large tomatoes
diced
1 carrot
diced
1 cup frozen beans or peas
225g plain flour
2 tblsp salt
For the pastry. Note: This is a very high amount, may be a typo for tsp.
2 tblsp vegetable oil
For the pastry.
water
as required
vegetable or canola oil
for frying, about 5cm deep
Equipment
- 1 frypan
- 1 saucepan
- 1 ziplock bag or clingfilm
- 1 rolling pin
- 1 small bowl or cutter
- 1 paper towel
Instructions
- Pour olive oil in your frypan and heat on highest setting until oil sizzles.
- Add mince and brown, turn heat down to moderate setting and add onions, carrots and potatoes. Stir regularly for about 5 minutes to distribute heat and cook evenly.
- Sprinkle balti paste over the top and stir through well.
- Add tomatoes and beans or peas, and turn heat down to a simmer. Place lid on frypan and simmer for a further 5 minutes or until the potatoes and carrots are softened.
- Allow to cool before placing in pastry.
- To make pastry, add flour, salt and vegetable oil and gradually add water until you can make a pliable dough.
- Place in ziplock bag or clingfilm and place in the refrigerator for one hour.
- When chilled, remove from plastic and place on a floured surface. Roll out and cut out large circles (trace around a small bowl if you don’t have a cutter). Cut these circles in half.
- Fold the dough in half and lay in between thumb and index finger so you can make a cone shape from the dough.
- Fill with the lamb mix and fold over the top and seal with your fingertips dipped in water. Set aside.
- Fill a saucepan or frypan with vegetable or canola oil about 5cm and heat until boiling.
- Shallow fry the samosas for about 1 ½ minutes on each side and leave to drain on a plate with paper towel/kitchen paper.
- Reheat in oven if required. Delicious hot or cold!
