Oven Baked Samosas

  We loved these. They were awesome out of the oven as well as re-heated in the microwave for a quick snack. They are filled with potato and pea curry. I made them because the won ton wrappers caught my eye at Safeway. They were selling them for $1.50 next to the tofu. I meant to make something more traditional, but I seem to have so many roots lately, I went for this.

Oven Baked Samosas
Makes 24 (note double this recipe to use a whole package of wonton wrappers)

24 wonton wrappers
1 potato
1 carrot
half onion
half cup peas
2 tsp curry powder
salt and pepper
0.5 tsp cumin
0.5 tsp smoked paprika
1 tb veg oil

Preheat oven to 400 and begin chopping your potato. Put cubed potato into a pot with about an inch of water on medium high heat. Add vegetables as you chop them up, starting with carrot, then onion, and then peas, but wait until water is nearly gone for this. While the water is steaming your vegetables add your spices and vegetable oil. It should look like this:

 
Once your water is mostly gone and the potato is soft, mash up the mixture and set up a work space to do your dumpling making. I used a cutting board, put 1 Tablespoon (no more) of mixture in the center of each square and then fold the edges up to meet.

 

Once you've folded them up, try to press together the seal on the pasta, then transfer finished ones to a greased cookie sheet. About 12 fit on mine, so I sprayed some oil on them and popped the first set in the oven while i filled up the rest. Set timer for 10 minutes. I found it helpful to put a ramekin of water in the oven to keep the heat moist. The first set should be finishing up right when you are done filling the second batch. Pop those in the oven while you let the others cool down a spell. If you are like us you will probably eat a lot of the first batch while you are waiting for the second to cook and the last 12 will be left overs for lunch. Reheat them in the microwave for about a minute. Enjoy!