I am going to make samosas for a party but I hate the smell deep frying oil leaves. Would it be possible to make them the day before than put them in the oven to heat right before serving? If not, is there a way to get around deep frying? Thank you!

Hello Ellen

Samosas do taste their best if fried just before serving, but they are okay if heated in an oven, uncovered. If covered, they get soggy.

You can make samosas, well sort of samosas, using short crust pastry, which you can cook in oven. See Samosa sausage rolls on this site. I haven't put the recipe for sort crust pastry, but you would make them just like ordinary samosas and then bake them, instead of frying. The taste will be a bit different, but they will be okay.

Mamta

if you made them with Filo (Phylo) pastry wouldn't you be able to brush them with oil/butter/ghee and make them directly in the oven and still have a reasonable samosa ?

Steve

Yes, you can make them from Filo pastry. You are the Greek cuisine expert here Steve. How about giving it a try next time you have some filo pastry, giving me the time/oven temperatures etc? I can then add it to all samosa recipes.

Mamta

I make samosas with ready-made short crust pastry, baked in the oven and they are quite good. They taste like Cornish Pasty, but with samosa fillin.

Shana

I might give it a go some time.

Steve

Had a go using filo last night and they came out very well, different in texture to a "normal" samosa but very good in its own way.

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Steve

Thanks for the suggestions.

We tried half of them with puff pastery, which worked out fine, especially if want a lighter taste.

For the other half we got a tube of Pillsbury Flaky Layers biscuits. We split each biscuit into four pieces where the layers split. We rolled them out a bit, filled them and folded them in half. After brushing them with butter we baked them in the oven until they were golden. They were wonderful!

When we were done we had a lot of filling left over so we heated it and served it as a side dish, which was very good.

We were making them for our dinner before our Prom, which consisted of Tandoori chicken, samosas, naan, rice and a few other things. It was a wonderful evening and the food was great! Thank you for the recipes!

Sounds like a fantastic meal and a great night to follow, glad it all worked out well.

Steve

Recipe now added to the site (picture/s should be added later)

Samosas

Thanks

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