Samoosas

Ingredients

• 10 sheets spring roll pastry
• 1/4 cup water
• 15 g flour
• 1 litre sunflower oil for frying
• 500 g beef mince
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1.5 cm fresh ginger, grated
• 2 tbsp garam masala
• 2 tbsp curry powder
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 3 tbsp fresh mint, chopped
• 3 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped

Method

1. Heat the olive oil and cook the onion and ginger until softened.
2. Add the mince and cook until browned.
3. Stir in the garam masala, curry powder, cumin and coriander.
4. Season with salt and pepper and cook until the filling is fairly dry.
5. Stir in the mint and coriander and allow the filling to cool.
6. Mix the flour and water to make a sealing paste.
7. Cut and fold the pastry into pockets and fill each with the mince mixture.
8. Seal the edges with the flour paste.
9. Heat the sunflower oil and fry the samoosas until crisp and golden.
10. Drain on paper towel before serving.