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Chinese Pocket Samosa

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Neelanjana Mondal
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Samosa Party Is Incomplete Without This Indo-Chinese
Chinese Pocket Samosa

50 mins
Cooking Time
Intermediate
Difficulty
20
Ingredients
Vegan
Diet
Every samosa party needs at least one dish that breaks from the usual aloo filling, and this Chinese pocket samosa is exactly that. It has the crunchiness of a spring roll and the shape of a samosa, wrapped into a neat square parcel instead of the usual triangle, and filled with a stir-fried, sauce-coated vegetable mix reminiscent of Indo-Chinese flavours. It's an easy way to give a familiar party snack a completely different personality on the table. The filling for this samosa party staple uses julienned carrots, cabbage, capsicum, and onions, which cook quickly. Garlic, ginger, and green chillies go in first to build the base aroma, followed by the vegetables over high heat, and finished with a mix of vinegar, soy sauce, green chilli sauce, Schezwan chutney, and tomato ketchup. This same sauce combination gives most Indo-Chinese snacks their unique taste. Make sure the filling is completely cool before wrapping to avoid a soggy crust. The folding technique is what gives this samosa its cocktail samosa appeal at a party. It looks distinctly different from a regular samosa the moment it hits the platter. Spring roll sheets are cut into strips, layered in a cross pattern, and a spoon of the cooled filling is placed in the centre. A simple flour-and-water slurry acts as glue, and folding in from all four sides creates a neat, sealed square parcel rather than the familiar cone shape. It's a technique that looks a little fiddly at first, but becomes quick with practice, making this recipe doable for a full party batch.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients
2 tbspOil (For the filling)
1 tbspGarlic (chopped)
1 tspGinger (chopped)
3Green chilli (sliced)
1Carrot (julienned)
½Cabbage (shredded)
2Onion (sliced)
½ cupSpring onion (chopped)
1Capsicum (julienned)
½ tspSalt
1 tspVinegar
1 tspGreen chilli sauce
1 tspSoy sauce
1 tbspSchezwan chutney
1 tbspTomato ketchup
¼ tspMSG (optional)
as requiredSpring roll sheets (For assembling and frying)
as requiredRefined flour
as requiredWater (for the sealing slurry)
for deep fryingOil

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Directions

Description - Step 1

Step 1: Stir-frying the filling

Heat oil in a large wok or iron kadai until it's smoking hot. Add the chopped garlic, ginger, and green chillies and let them sizzle for a few seconds. Add the onions, cabbage, carrots, and capsicum, and stir-fry over high heat so the vegetables cook quickly while staying crunchy. Add the spring onions and toss everything together. Season with salt, vinegar, green chilli sauce, soy sauce, Schezwan chutney, and ketchup, stirring quickly to coat everything evenly. Stir in the MSG if using it, then take the pan off the heat and let the filling cool completely before moving to the next step.

Step 1
Step 1: Stir-frying the filling
15 Minutes
Step 2
Step 2: Shaping the samosas
20 Minutes
Step 3
Step 3: Frying the samosas
10 Minutes

FAQs

Yes, wrap the samosas and freeze them uncooked in a single layer, then fry straight from frozen when you're ready to serve; just add a couple of extra minutes to the frying time.