Vegan Baked Samosa with Leftover Curry

Prep Time 30 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Cuisine Indian

Servings 14 samosas

180 g plain flour
60 g wholemeal flour if you don't have wholemeal flour use just plain flour 240 g altogether.
1/4 tsp salt
3 tbs sunflower oil
150 ml water

1 cereal bowl leftover curry I used a bowl of leftover curry and brown rice mix together
2 medium potatoes This helps to make the filling less wet. Please see the recipe note below.

Mix the flour, salt, oil in a mixing bowl using your fingers until the mixture looks like crumbs.
Add the water little bit at a time while mixing with your hand until the dough comes together. The dough should be soft but not sticky. Brush some oil around the ball of the dough and leave it to rest in a bowl with a cover for about 20 minutes.

Cut the potatoes into small chunks and put them on a microwave safe plate. With a cover on, microwave it for about 4 minutes. If the potatoes are not soft enough put back in the microwave for 1 or 2 minutes longer.
Mash the potato with a folk (do not mash completely, leave some texture!)
If your leftover curry has big chunks of vegetables, mash it just little bit with a folk (do not mash completely, leave some texture!)
Mix the leftover curry and the potato together until well combined.

Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 7)
Spread a little bit of flour on the table top to work with the dough. Make a cylinder shape (about 20 cm) and divide the dough into 7 with a knife. Roll each one in your hand to make a nice smooth ball.
Roll out one of the balls with a rolling in to make a circular shape (between 20 and 25 cm). Make sure it's thin so that it comes out crispier when it's baked. Cut the circle into half with a knife so you have two semicircles.
Pick up one of the semicircles and make a cone shape but bringing 2 of the edge together and stick them with a bit of water. Put about 2 table spoons of the filling in the cone and closed the opening.
Place the samosas on a well greased oven tray (I greased with 2 table spoons of oil) and baked for 20 minutes or longer to make them crispier. Do not forget to turn over halfway through.
Serve with ketchup or chutney. It's nice without any sauce as well ☺

You can make fresh samosa filling as well if you have no leftover curry but want to make samosas.
If your leftover curry is not very wet and you already have enough amount for making the samosas then you can omit adding the potatoes. Just make sure the filling is not wet or loose otherwise it would be difficult to handle when you put it inside the pastry and it may not be cooked properly.