My First Samosa

At one point in my career, I spent about three months unexpectedly at a remote working location. For the first part of that I was working many hours including quite a few from 8PM to 8AM. Luckily this place had a decent cafeteria that was open at various points through the night for the many night shift workers on site.

One night, exhausted from two weeks of 18-20 hour work days, I stumbled up to the cafeteria and grabbed a tray. On one of the food lines was this thing that looked kind of like a turnover, but with less flaky crust. I decided to get one and after paying, sat down to try it. It was warm and inside was some spiced minced meat. It was a great bit of flavor in a little pocket. It was my first samosa.

Easy Samosas

This is the second recipe where I’ve made samosas and while much less authentic than the previous, it was really, really easy.

Using crescent roll dough and sausage crumbles, this is a breeze for breakfast or lunch.

Lay out the dough, fill and put another triangle of dough on top.

Bake until golden brown.

And Eat!

Easy Samosas

Prep Time: 7 minutes | Cook Time: 12 minutes | Servings: 4 servings (serving size: 1 samosa) | Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups frozen vegetarian meatless crumbles (such as Morning Star Farms Meal Starters)
3/4 cup country-style refrigerated mashed potatoes (such as Simply Potatoes)
Indian Spice Blend Mix
1 (8-ounce) can refrigerated reduced-fat crescent rolls (such as Pillsbury)
Cooking spray
Nonfat Greek yogurt (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°.

2. Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium microwave-safe bowl. Cover with plastic wrap; vent. Microwave at HIGH 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

3. While filling heats, unroll dough on work surface. Press diagonal perforations together. Cut dough along remaining perforated lines to create 4 (6 1/2 x 3 1/2-inch) rectangles. Spoon filling evenly on half of each rectangle. Fold dough over filling, pressing with a fork to seal. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray, and place samosas on pan; coat samosas with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 12 minutes. Serve with Greek yogurt, if desired.

Source: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=50400000104801