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The next time you're craving Indian cuisine, you should try your hand at Curried Vegetable Samosas.
Curried Vegetable Samosas
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Madras curry powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ cup cooked yellow lentils
- 1 ¼ cups mashed potatoes
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh mint
- 1 teaspoon butter, softened
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup frozen petite green peas, thawed
- 10 egg roll wrappers
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Cooking spray
- Prepared cilantro-mint chutney
Directions
Place curry, cumin, lentils, potatoes, mint, butter, and salt in a bowl; mix. Gently add in peas. Unwrap egg roll wrappers and cover to prevent them from drying out. Working with 1 egg roll wrapper at a time, cut the egg roll wrapper in half, down the middle, to form 2 long rectangles. Moisten edges of wrapper with egg. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the potato filling near one edge of the bottom of wrapper. Make a triangle by folding up from 1 corner to the opposite outer edge of the wrapper. Fold over to opposite side again (like folding a flag). Repeat fold to opposite side to form a triangle. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.
Heat a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Coat skillet with cooking spray. Lightly coat samosas with cooking spray. Add samosas to pan; cook 1 minute on each side. Drain on paper towels. Serve with prepared chutney. SERVES 4