Spicy Samosas

Ingredients for samosas: filo or samosa pastry, 1 potato, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 2 x 15ml spoons frozen peas, 1 x 5ml spoon turmeric, ½ x 5ml spoon cumin.

Pre-heat the oven - Gas 6 / 200°C.

1. Peel an onion. Make a bridge with your hand and cut the onion in half. Put the flat sides down on the board.

2. Hold the onion firmly with your hand like a claw. Slice across without cutting through the root.

3. Turn the onion round and still holding it like a claw, slice in the other direction.

4. Peel a carrot. Cut off the top and bottom.

5. Cut the carrot in half and stand each half on end. Cut down in a criss-cross pattern.

6. Turn the carrot round and cut across to make small cubes.

7. Peel and slice the potato. Cut into strips and then into cubes.

8. The prepared ingredients.

9. Put the onion, carrot and potato in a small saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil.

10. Put a lid on the pan and boil for about 5 minutes.

11. Drain in a sieve or colander.

12. Put the drained vegetables in a bowl with the peas and add 1 x 5ml spoon of turmeric.

13. Add ½ x 5ml spoon of cumin.

14. Mix well.

15. Cut the filo pastry into strips about 25cm x 10cm. Put about 2 x 5ml spoons of filling in one corner. Fold the pastry over the filling in a triangle.

Filo pastry dries out very quickly, so put the unused pieces between two sheets of cling film until required.

16. Continue to fold the pastry over, keeping the triangular shape all the way along. Seal edges with a little oil or flour and water paste.

17. Brush the samosas with vegetable oil.

18. Bake for about 20 minutes on Gas mark 6 / 200°C.

19. When cooked they should be crisp and golden brown.

A selection of snacks – Springy Spring Rolls, Spicy Samosas and Wondrous Wraps.