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Ingredients
- 500 g potatoes
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp curry or cumin, optional
- Salt, pepper, pili-pili
- 2 tbsp oil for the filling
- 250 g samosa / brick pastry, or homemade dough
- Frying oil
Method
- 01 Cook the potatoes and mash roughly.
- 02 Sweat onion and garlic, add spices, then the potatoes. Season. Cool.
- 03 Cut pastry into rectangles. Add a spoonful of filling, fold into a triangle. Seal with water.
- 04 Fry over medium heat until golden (2–3 min per side). Drain.
- 05 Serve hot, optionally with tomato or pili-pili sauce.
**Sambousa** (samosas) with potato are a **Goma** and Swahili-speaking East snack—seller photo on Commons. Fried cousins: [andazi](/en/recettes/andazi-tanganyika/), [mikate](/en/recettes/mikate/).
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