Stuffed. Folded. Goodness.

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My biggest apprehension about making Samosas from scratch isn’t the fillings as one might imagine. The fillings are as basic as they sound, beef, chicken or vegetable and they all have very complex flavour profiles due to their prep method.

Very specific classic Indian spices are used and it makes it seem as though there is a standard or generic filling. That’s not where my uneasiness lies. It’s in the symmetry of the final product that I always get a bit panicked.

The perfect triangle shape they are delivered in. Arts and crafts is second nature to me so I don’t know why origami and folding Samosas freaks me out. It is an unwarranted fear none the less.

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Stuffed. Folded. Goodness.

My biggest apprehension about making Samosas from scratch isn’t the fillings as one might imagine. The fillings are as basic as they sound, beef, chicken or vegetable and they all have very complex flavour profiles due to their prep method.

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