Samsa (Tandoor Baked Pastry)

Name: Samsa (Tandoor Baked Pastry)
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Uzbek & Tajik (Oasis Silk Road)
Ingredients: dough (often layered/flaky); 500 g minced lamb + onion + cumin (or pumpkin); egg wash + nigella/sesame

Flaky baked pastries of spiced lamb and onion (or pumpkin), traditionally slapped onto the wall of a tandir to bake crisp and golden — the Silk Road's hand-held cousin of the samosa.

1 hr 30 min · Serves 8 · Medium

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Ingredients

Pastry

dough (often layered/flaky)

Filling

500 gminced lamb + onion + cumin (or pumpkin), meat = zabiha

Finish

egg wash + nigella/sesame

Method

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Time: Prep 60 min · Cook 30 min · 90 min total
Difficulty: medium

1
Make a flaky dough; fill with the lamb-onion-cumin (or pumpkin) mixture; shape into triangles/squares.
50 min
2
Brush with egg, sprinkle nigella/sesame, and bake hot (tandir or oven) until deep golden and crisp.
30 min