Street Food

Sambusa

Name: Sambusa
Total time: 1h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopia
Ingredients: 12 sambusa wrappers; 1 cup red lentils, cooked; 1 onion; 2 tbsp berbere; 2 garlic cloves; 1 green chili; Oil for deep-frying; Flour-paste sealer

Fried triangular pastries filled with berbere-spiced lentils or beef — a Ramadan and fasting-season favourite.

1h 6 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 12 sambusa wrappers
• 1 cup red lentils, cooked
• 1 onion
• 2 tbsp berbere
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 green chili
• Oil for deep-frying
• Flour-paste sealer

Method

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Sauté onion, garlic, chili and berbere 5 min; fold in lentils; season.

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1
Sauté onion, garlic, chili and berbere 5 min; fold in lentils; season.
2
Fold wrappers into cones; fill and seal with flour paste.
3
Deep-fry at 170°C 4 min until deep gold and crisp.
4
Serve hot with awaze dip.