Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Servings24
Ingredients
24 ready-made samoosa strips
2 cups frozen sweetcorn
1&1/2 tbsp light olive oil or vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 large onion finely chopped
4-5 green chillies finely chopped
1&1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1&1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1/2 teaspoon paprika
salt
1/2 cup dhania/coriander leaves chopped
1/2 cup mint chopped
Light olive oil or vegetable oil for frying
Flour Paste to seal samoosas
2 tbsp cake wheat flour
3 tbsp water
Method
Heat oil in a large pan. Add cumin seeds
Once seeds start to burst add onion and chillies
Sauté until onion is translucent
Add sweetcorn and season with salt and paprika
Fry on high heat until sweetcorn heats through
Remove from heat and transfer into a large bowl to cool
Once cool add cheese and herbs. Mix well and fill the samoosas
To fill the samoosas. Fold the end of one samoosa strip into a triangular pocket. Fill in 1&1/2 tablespoon filling.
Tuck the edge in. Fold over. Use some flour paste to seal
To make the flour paste use 2 tbsp cake wheat flour and 3 tbsp water. Whisk well to form a smooth paste
Best fried from frozen in warm oil on medium heat
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