Samosas

Sometimes I crave samosas. They're usually an appetizer served at Indian restaurants. I found a website called Samosa-Recipe.com (pretty simple) which has the recipes for the fillings as well as the pastry.


I like the vegetarian samosas the best so here is the recipe:

1 Potato finely diced (5 to 10 mill cubes)
1 carrot finely diced - as above
2 cloves of crushed garlic.
1 Onion finely chopped
1 Cup of frozen peas
1 tblspn vegetable oil
2 tspn curry powder or your own spices according to taste (note: curry powder is @#$%ing DELICIOUS and it smells soooo good!!)
Salt, Pepper to taste.
100ml of vegetable stock.

Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the onion and garlic, mix in the spices and fry until soft. Add the vegetables, seasoning and stir well until coated. Add the stock, cover and simmer for 30 minutes until cooked.

Brian and I made this for dinner a few weeks ago. For the pastry, we used puff pastry (Pepperidge Farm). We didn't want to waste oil frying it so we baked it (more healthy alternative anyways). The reason why the picture shows some open samosas is because we didn't have a roller and couldn't make the flat circles...so we went with squares. I admit, I was a bit impatient (I was so hungry and the smell was making it worse) so I rushed on the folding and stuffing part so we could bake it quickly and eat it quickly.

It came out well; the ones that were fully enclosed sealed the flavor in really great (but was also piping hot). After we ate the samosas, we finished the rest of the filling by itself!

When I discovered Indian Buffets

Ok, not only do I love lobster, but I also love Indian food. This is more of a recent revelation which I have honed while in Boston. Luckily for me, Indian food is (usually) cheaper than lobster. Especially since I found a lunch buffet just a few minutes away from my base office!! I went the first time with my friend Liz who was still on summer break from teaching 3rd graders. The second time I went was with my mentor Vickie. Both times were delicious, although they did serve different things when I went those two times.

I always start out with a samosa, and end with the butter chicken.

$7.99/lb take out

The third time I didn't really have anyone to eat with so I opted for take-out. Lunch buffet is $8.99, and take out is $7.99/lb, which really adds up since I tend to pile up my Styrofoam box of yummies. However, this box lasted me for 2 meals, so really, it all adds up and I didn't over-stuff myself either.