Sambusa

Baked pastry triangles filled with lamb and onion.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Flour
• 1 cup Water
• 500 g Ground lamb
• 3 Onions
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 1 tsp Black pepper
• 100 g Butter
• 1 Egg
• 2 tbsp Sesame seeds
• 2 tsp Salt

Method

1. Make the dough — Knead flour, water and salt into a firm dough and rest 30 minutes.
2. Laminate — Roll thin, brush with soft butter, roll up, then cut and re-roll pieces to make layers.
3. Make the filling — Mix the raw lamb with plenty of finely chopped onion, cumin, pepper and salt.
4. Fill — Roll each piece into a square, add filling, and fold into a triangle, sealing the edges.
5. Bake — Brush with egg, scatter sesame, and bake at 200°C for 30 minutes until deep golden.
6. Sambusa are ready — Rest briefly — the filling is very hot.

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