Cook time: 40 mins
Total time: 1 hour 10 mins
Popular Bangladeshi snack shingara/ samosa with a healthy spin
Recipe author: Lail Hossain
Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: Bangladeshi
Serves: 20
Ingredients
1 lb potato
1 large sweet potato
1 cup cauliflower, cut in small pieces
2 tablespoon oil
½ cup onions, chopped
3-4 red chilis
2-3 garlic cloves, crushed
2 teaspoons ginger, chopped
½ teaspoon fennel seeds
½ teaspoon turmeric
½ teaspoon cumin seeds, dry roasted and crushed
½ cup peanut (optional)
Cilantro (optional)
Salt according to taste
2 tablespoons flour
10 uncooked whole wheat tortillas
1 egg
Instructions
Steps to cook the filling:
1. Boil regular and sweet potatoes until soft.
2. Peel the boiled potatoes and cut into small chickpea size cubes. Set aside.
3. Heat oil. Add onion and garlic and sauté until slightly brown.
4. Sprinkle fennel seeds, red chili and peanut and saute for a minute.
5. Add cauliflower and cook for 2-3 minutes.
6. Mix potatoes in the mixture.
7. Now, Add turmeric, dry cumin powder, salt and mix well.
8. Cook 4-5 minutes stirring often until everything is mixed.
Steps to assemble Samosa/Shingara
1. Mix flour with little water and make a paste to use as glue.
2. Cut uncooked tortillas in half.
3. Take a semicircular tortilla piece and make a cone shape by joining the two points of the straight line. Use the flour paste to join the sides.
4. Add desired amount of filling in the cone and close the open ends using the flour paste.
5. Repeat for the rest of the filling.
6. Individually freeze the uncooked Samosas/Shingaras or proceed to baking.
Steps to bake Samosa/Shingara
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Beat egg and add 1 teaspoon water.
3. Brush egg wash on prepared Samosa/Shingara on all sides.
4. Bake 20 minutes or until golden.
Notes
Samosa/Shingaras can be deep fried instead of baking. Skip the egg wash if frying.
Cooked tortillas can be substituted in place of uncooked tortillas. Adjust baking time to 10-12 minutes, if using cooked tortillas.
Bake time may vary depending on the thickness and type of tortilla.
If you are time pressed, semi mashes the boiled potato instead of cutting into small cubes.
Bake time will vary if you are baking frozen samosa.
