I grew up eating traditional fried samosas in Kampala, Uganda and made them here and taught them in my cooking classes as well. They aren’t a very healthy snack as they are deep fried. So I came up with a healthier version and an easier version. These cute snacks are a healthy baked version of a plant based samosa and so I am calling them PLANT-MOSAS. These are made with the same samosa wrapper but cut into squares to fit into a muffin tin with a little oil brushed on both sides and baked.

You can pretty much put any sweet or savoury filling in them, provided you eat them right away as the pastry tends to get soggy.

I have a traditional vegetable samosa recipe here, and links to an Indian chick pea chat recipe, a Mexican bean and salsa recipe and a sweet avocado and chocolate mousse recipe.

Ingredients

 For the vegetable filling

•     3 tbsp grapeseed oil

•     ½ tsp black mustard seeds

•    ½ tsp cumin whole

•      ¼ tsp asafoetida  (hing)

•    4 curry leaves

•    1 cup potatoes ½” diced

•      3 cups mixed vegetables of your choice

•     1 tsp garlic paste

•      1 tsp ginger paste

•      ½ tsp turmeric

•      ½ tsp cumin ground

•       ½ tsp cayenne

•      1 tbsp lemon juice

•      1 tsp sugar

•      1 tsp salt ( to taste)

•     ½ onion finely chopped

•     1 tsp garam masala

•    1 bunch cilantro finely chopped

•    25 samosa wrappers  cut in squares

• oil to brush the wrappers

Directions

For samosa wrappers:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Dip cut up samosa wrappers into water and brush them with oil. Place each square into a muffin tin and bake for 8-10 mins till golden. Add your favourite filling and enjoy!

For the vegetable samosa filling:

Heat oil and stir in mustard seeds, cumin, asafoetida, curry leaves. add potatoes and stir about two to three minutes.  add in garlic, ginger, turmeric, ground cumin, cayenne,salt, lemon juice and sugar. keep stirring for two minutes and then add vegetables. cook covered until vegetables are tender. add onions and garam masala and cook until mixture is dry. cool mixture and add cilantro. 

Enjoy more sweet and savoury filling recipes below or create your own!

Mexican black beans and salsa (savoury) recipe

Chocolate avocado mousse (sweet) recipe

Chickpea and potato chat (savoury) recipe