Take any food, make it small and it instantly becomes classy. I love samosa but theres no way I am sitting to fold mini samosas. Who has time for that?! Not me. I’m busy trying to keep my 3 year old alive most of the time -if you have a couch jumping-table climbing toddler, you know what I mean.
In my quest to simplify samosa, I managed to come up with a cute Hors d’oeuvre that can be made in a snap.
Drumroll please! Meet, samosa cups, my new go to lazy entertaining snack.
It really doesn’t get any simpler. Make your filling, buy some samosa wrappers, grab a muffin tray, bake, fill, presto! Here’s a handy video I made showcasing these beauties.
Samosa Cups
Ingredients
Samosa Cups
You will need:
- 300 gms minced lamb
- 300 gms minced beef
- 1 1/2 tsp curry powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 lemon; juiced for marinade
- 2 onions; diced
- 2 lemons; juiced when cooking the minced meat
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander
- 1 pkt samosa or spring roll wraps
Instructions
- In a bowl, add all the minced meat, curry powder, turmeric, chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste, salt and lemon juice.
- Cover and set aside to marinate for 30 min.
- In the mean time, lets make the cups.
- Preheat your oven at 200ºc
- Grab a muffin tin and lightly brush a little oil or melted butter
- Cut the samosa wraps into small squares
- Dip the cut piece in water, and brush a little oil or melted butter onto the samosa wrap.
- This makes it crispy without being too dry.
- Line each segment of the muffin tin with a samosa wrapper
- Bake in a 200ºc oven for 12 min
- Add 1 tbsp oil into a thick bottomed pan. Add the marinated minced meat and sauté until the meat separates and browns slightly.
- Next add in the chopped onions and cook-constantly stirring until the onions are translucent in colour.
- Add the lemon juice followed by chopped coriander. Mix well and cook for a further 5 min.
- Set aside to cool.
- Assembly time
- Take a little of the minced meat mixture and add if to each cup.
- Garnish with a small lemon wedge and coriander.
- Enjoy
Video
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