Baked Samosas
If you have been following me on Instagram, then you would know our love for samosas not just during Ramadan. 😁 From the days in Yanbu till today in Abu Dhabi, I always have a stash of samosas in the freezer for our weekend chai time treats. I have always deep-fried samosas and never thought of "baking" them as I strongly believed that it is best had deep-fried. Ramadan 2020 opened the doors of trying baked samosas because I have an oven and also because some of my IG followers asked if I have tried baking. So I tested a few batches and now we only bake samosas!
It took a few batches of baked samosas for us to start appreciating it because we were too tied to the love of deep-frying. But tiny changes can bring some motivation in the journey to good health.
Easy - you don't have to stand a long time to deep fry in batches and take in all the grease. You can bake a large batch in one go!
Tasty - It definitely is tasty or as tasty as your filling because baking or frying is just a way to cook the wrap. So a good wrap and a good filling will anyways give you great-tasting samosas. I find that if we don't brush the samosas with generous oil, then the wraps are crumbly so make sure both sides of the samosas are brushed well with oil. But I will not say that baked tastes better than the fried version- No. The Fried version always wins.
Semi-healthy - I can't vouch for Healthy because with samosas quantity matters. You can't eat just one. If they are deep-fried you eat maybe three or four and if you bake, you will feel eating five is okay. The filling can be made healthy and keto-friendly too but the wrap is what I have never experimented with. Always used switz samosa leaves or made with all-purpose flour so I can't help with the healthy wrap yet. Hopefully in future, InshaAllah.
Step-by-step process on how to bake samosas
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This is my Saudi Meat and Mung Sambosa |
How to bake samosas?
INGREDIENTS
- Samosas* (freshly made or frozen) Do not thaw frozen samosas.
- Cooking oil (melted ghee, melted butter, olive oil, sunflower oil....)
- Foil sheet or Baking paper
- Oven :-)
METHOD
- Preheat your oven to 200℃ hot air.
- Line a baking tray with foil or baking paper.
- Place your samosas on it and start brushing both sides of the samosa with your choice of cooking oil.
- Put the tray in the middle rack of the preheated oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until you start seeing it brown the corners of the samosas.
- Remove the tray and flip the samosas and bake again for another 10 to 15 minutes or until you see it start browning. Take the time to prepare your dip and some hot chai!
- Remove and transfer to a serving plate and serve baked samosas with any dips or ketchup and some hot chai!
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My ground beef filling Levant style (yet to share the recipe) |
This was a lovely way to decrease oil usage. I love samoosas but hate the cleaning... This was so much easier :)
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