Sambusa

They are thin wrapper with ground meat filling and aromatic spices in triangular shape

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Gather all ingredients.
     ingredient gathered
  2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion, leek, and garlic; cook and stir until onion is transparent. Add ground beef; cook and stir until still slightly pink and about halfway done.  onion and meat cooking
  3. Season with cumin, cardamom, salt, and pepper; mix well. Continue cooking until beef is browned and crumbly. Remove the skillet from heat.
    spices
  4. Mix flour and water together in a small bowl to make a thin paste. Using one wrapper at a time, fold into the shape of a cone.
    shaping the sambusa
  5. Fill cone with beef mixture, close the top, and seal with paste. Repeat until wrappers or filling are used up.
    shaped sambusa and filled
  6. Heat oil in a deep fryer or large saucepan to 365 degrees F (170 degrees C). There should be enough oil to submerge sambusas. Fry sambusas, a few at a time, in hot oil until golden brown.
    fried sambusa
  7. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
    dried sambusa

Recipe Details
Ingredient Quantity
olive oil 2 tablespoons
small onion 1 finely chopped
leek 1
garlic 1 clove
ground beef 2 pounds
ground cumin 2 teaspoons
ground cardamom 2 teaspoons
salt 1 teaspoon
pepper 1 teaspoon
all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon
package spring roll wrappers 1 ¼ ounce
oil for frying 1 quart
Preparation Time: 2hours
serving suggestions:tamarind sauce