In honor of Asian Heritage Month—and with help from award-winning Indian chef Surbhi Sahni—we present these crispy Indian-inspired samosas (made simpler by using premade pie dough). You’ll wrap the dough around a savory potato and pea filling spiced with garam masala and curry powder, then bake until crisp, flaky, and golden brown. Serve the samosas with two tasty condiments: raita (a cooling cucumber-yogurt sauce), and a savory-sweet mix of ginger, apricot, and red pepper jam.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
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2 unit
Pie Crusts
(Contains Wheat)
12 ounce
Potatoes
1 unit
Red Onion
1 thumb
Ginger
1 unit
Lemon
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
¼ ounce
Cilantro
1 teaspoon
Garam Masala
2 tablespoon
Curry Powder
4 ounce
Peas
8 tablespoon
Low-Fat Yogurt
(Contains Milk)
1 unit
Apricot Jam
1 unit
Red Pepper Jam
Salt
Pepper
1 tablespoon
Cooking Oil
3 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains Milk)
Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 375 degrees. Let pie crusts come to room temperature. Wash and dry produce. Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Halve, peel, and dice onion into ¼-inch pieces. Peel and mince or grate ginger; reserve ¼ tsp ginger in a small bowl. Quarter lemon. Trim and grate half the cucumber on the largest holes of a box grater over a medium bowl; finely dice remaining cucumber and add to bowl. Roughly chop cilantro.
In a second medium microwave-safe bowl, toss potatoes with a pinch of salt. Microwave until fork-tender, 6-8 minutes; set aside.
Heat a large drizzle of oil and 1 TBSP butter in a large pan over medium heat. Add onion, garam masala, curry powder, and remaining ginger. Cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, 1-2 minutes. Stir in potatoes and peas (add another drizzle of oil if pan seems dry) and season with a large pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are coated and softened, 2-3 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Add 2 TBSP butter and juice from half the lemon; season with salt and pepper to taste. Mash until combined and mostly smooth (it’s ok if some chunks remain).
Unroll pie crusts onto a flat surface. Using a rolling pin, roll crusts into 12-inch rounds. Cut each crust into six dough triangles. Place about 2 TBSP potato filling in the center of each dough triangle (save any remaining filling for another use). Brush edges with water. Bring corners of each dough triangle together over filling; pinch seams to seal.
Place samosas onto a lightly oiled baking sheet and spray tops with cooking spray (or brush with oil). Bake on top rack until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. AIR FRYER ALTERNATIVE: Coat an air fryer basket with cooking spray; arrange samosas side by side in basket. Coat tops of samosas with cooking spray. Air fry at 350 degrees until golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Work in batches if necessary.
To bowl with cucumber, add yogurt, half the cilantro, and juice from 1 lemon wedge. Season with salt and pepper and stir to combine. To bowl with reserved ginger, add apricot jam, red pepper jam, juice from remaining lemon wedge, and a pinch of salt and pepper; whisk to combine.
Transfer samosas to a platter and sprinkle with remaining cilantro. Serve raita and ginger sauce on the side for dipping or drizzling.