Crab Samosas

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 6 -8 curry leaves
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ginger paste
• 2 teaspoons green chilies, finely chopped
• 8 ounces fresh crabmeat, flaked (thawed if frozen)
• salt
• 1 bunch fresh cilantro, finely chopped
• 24 sheets phyllo pastry
• 1/4 cup water
• 4 ounces flour

Recipe

• 1 heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a heavy-based frying pan. fry the mustard seeds, curry leaves, ground turmeric and ginger paste, stirring often, for 3-5 minutes, until fragrant.
• 2 add the crab meat, salt and chopped cilantro, mixing well, and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
• 3 mix together the water and flour to make a flour paste.
• 4 fold a pastry sheet over to make a strip. place a portion of the crab mixture in one corner of the pastry strip and fold the pastry over into a triangle. fold the triangle along the strip, sealing the edges with the flour paste.
• 5 repeat the process making 24 samosas in all.
• 6 heat the oil for deep frying in a deep fat-fryer or wok until very hot. fry the samosas in batches until golden-brown, remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
• 7 serve with sweet chili sauce.