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Low Fat Samosas in a jiffy!
April 8th, 2009 Madhuram Posted in Food Blog Events, Puff/Phyllo Pastry, Salt and Spicy, Vegan Baking | 
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Can you believe if I tell that you can make tasty samosas in just 15 minutes? Thanks to the mini fillo shells, these bite size samosas are low fat and also very easy to prepare. I have used these shells to make instant baklavas, but the idea of samosa did not occur to me until I saw Red Chillies’ low fat pani puri recipe. Thank you very much RC for another interesting recipe.
1 Preheat the oven for 15 minutes at 350F.
2 Place the fillo shells in a cookie sheet and bake it for 7-8 minutes.
3 Take the shells out of the oven and let it cool for at least 2 minutes. Then spoon in the prepared potato filling in the shells and serve it. Crispy samosas are ready to be eaten.
1 The potato filling can be prepared ahead of time. If you have not cooked it already, prepare it while the oven is preheated. It takes only 15 minutes to prepare the stuffing if you cook the potatoes in the microwave oven.
1 Peel the skin, cut each potato into 4 pieces and cook it.
2 Heat oil in a frying pan and add the cumin seeds. Once it splutters add the onions and fry it until its soft.
3 Also add the green peas, salt, turmeric powder, chili powder and coriander powder and fry it for another 5 minutes.
4 Now add the cooked potatoes and mix it well, coarsely mashing the potatoes. Cook it for 2-3 minutes and switch off the stove. Add the lemon juice (if using) and coriander leaves and mix it well. The potato filling is ready.
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May 26th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Loved the recipe for the filling, and, of course, using frozen filo pastry is a superb idea. Another great and easy to make filling, is one made of hearts of palm. Besides being delicious, the hearts of palm make for a healthy alternative to the traditional potato filling. If you want, you can check out my recipe for hearts of palm filled samosas at http://curryanginga.blogspot.com
Thanks Julia, will check it out definitely.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Such a tempting click
. Loved the idea of using fillo sheets 
April 10th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Wow! Great idea Madhu.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:04 am
I have wondered about using those shells for samosa’s… It really makes it too easy
They look so good!
April 10th, 2009 at 1:08 am
GREAT idea..on seeing the title of the post I’m intrigued and was impatiently waiting to see the picture ..Voila!What a pretty looking samosas
I don’t get phyllo sheets here..The first thing I’m gonna try when I get these sheets is your 15 mins samosas