I love samosas. But they are not very healthy because they are almost always deep fried. This recipe uses rice paper instead so they are MUCH better for you and you can put whatever veggies in that you have on hand. The rice paper goes nice and crispy in the oven - no need for deep frying. Make sure you line the tray with baking paper. I didn't and they got a bit stuck ;)
Ingredients
Directions
Modified from: http://nourishandevolve.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/baked-rice-paper-samosas.html (check out her blog - lots of good food on there).
- 8-10 pieces of rice paper
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 onion
- 1/2 cup Chickpeas
- 2 Medium carrots
- 1/2cup Corn
- 1 cup shredded cabbage, packed
- 2 tablespoon curry spice (you can also use any other spices you like. I added 1 tsp of garam masala)
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- First, finely dice the garlic and the onions, and then chop your carrots into small pieces, roughly the size of a chickpea.
- Then, in a hot pan coated with extra virgin olive oil/coconut oil, add in the onions and garlic and cook until aromatic and the onions are softened.
- Add in the chickpeas, corn, cabbage and carrots and the curry spice. Cook for 5-10 minutes until the carrots are softened, stir constantly and season.
- Turn off of the heat and take the pan off the stove.
- Preheat your oven to 180C and whilst it's preheating, , fill a shallow dish with warm water.
- Transfer the mixture to a food processor and pulse the mixture until it is less lumpy but don't over blend - leave a bit of texture to it.
- Take your rice paper and let it sit in the shallow bath of water and take out after 5-10 seconds, shake off excess water.
- Lay the rice paper onto a chopping board and fill it with a generous spoonful of the filling. Then fold it into a triangle shape and repeat with the rest of the rice papers and filling. (Please google how to re hydrate rice paper and how to fold them if you haven't had experience before as it's quite difficult to explain and there are plenty of videos on youtube that will explain way better than I ever will)
- Lay your samosas onto a baking tray lined with baking paper or aluminum foil, brush the samosas on both sides with some olive oil as this will give it a crisped outside.
- Bake at 180 for 10 minutes and serve immediately
Modified from: http://nourishandevolve.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/baked-rice-paper-samosas.html (check out her blog - lots of good food on there).