Turkey Samosas only 20p EACH !
We had several children over for tea last night, and I thought I would shy away from the usual pizza and chips, I had picked up some reduced Turkey mince and I had a bit of a brain wave. I always try and show my children different foods and tastes, and some times they like it and sometimes I get a big “JOG ON !” but it is always worth a try.
This worked out super frugal at around 20p for the turkey samosas, and I made my own pastry which was simple, cheap as chips and much tastier than I expected. These can also accommodate a whole batch of fillings, so use up veg, meat or even cheese with these.
For these turkey samosas you will need….
250g Turkey mince
2 carrots grated
1 onion chopped finely
2 tbsp curry powder
2 tsp salt
4 cups of plain flour
50g butter
1 tbsp coconut oil
Oil for frying
Heat some coconut oil in a large pan and add the onion , fry until they are clear, add the mince and the carrots and fry until the mince is no longer pink – you want to make sure your turkey samosas are well cooked.
Add the 1 tsp of salt and the curry powder and mix well. Feel free to add potatoes, sweetcorn etc to the mix.
Put the flour, salt and softened butter into a large mixing bowl and slowly add water, your aim is to make the dough form a ball that will be stretchy and not too sticky. Knead the dough for a couple of minutes, I always imagine someone that has hacked me off, and before I know it, I have a perfect dough ball.
Turn it out onto a floured surface and pull the dough into 8 pieces (if you want big samosa leave the balls bigger, if you want small ones, make smaller balls !)
Roll out the balls into a circular shape and cut down the middle of each circle. Wet the edges of the pastry and roll up into a cone, push some of the mince ingredients into the cone, but try not to overfill it. Seal the edges and get ready to deep frying.
Deep fry them until they are a light brown colour and place them on kitchen towel to absorb the access oil. Wait for several minutes before serving, We also made a batch of feta cheese samosa’s as we had a vegetarian in the group and they were equally yummy.
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Wow aren’t you clever, I would never have thought to make my own Samosa’s, a great tasty treat! Thanks for entering #CreditCrunchMunch;-)
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I have never made samosas before! I love the idea of this! And getting the kids involved 🙂 thanks for linking up! x
They are so easy Lisa, and great for kids as you can fill them with anything. Thank you for your kind comments xxx
Gosh they look very tasty!! That’s it, in off to ASDA!
I hope you went at the magic hour
This looks lush! I bet they loved making them too! Thanks for sharing on #fortheloveofBLOG
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Thank you for your kind comment xxx
I totally love samosa, since I tried them when I came to London I can’t get enough of them. I will try out your receipt! Thank you!
Ohhhhh, I hope you like it Noelia xxx
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Hi Linda. Thank you so much for your information, I will look into this x
These look amazing! I’ve never tried making samosas, will have to give it a go!
Let me know how you get on xxxxx
WOW why has it taken me so long to find your blog! I can’t eat onions so a lot of food is uneatable for me. When I try to look for recipes without onions google gives me some weird substitute stuff! I love that its cheap too!
I’ll definitely be checking this blog now!
Looks incredibly tasty too!