Samosa
समोसा
suh-MOH-sah
Deep-fried savoury pastry filled with spiced potatoes, peas or meat.
Meaning & usage
A samosa is a triangular pastry parcel — a thin wheat shell folded around a spiced filling and deep-fried until crisp and amber. The classic Indian filling is a potato-and-pea masala with cumin and amchoor; meat samosas (keema) are common in Mughlai cooking. The samosa's ancestor, the Central Asian "sambusa", travelled the trade routes; today the form is at home from Delhi to Durban.
In a sentence
Two samosas and a glass of chai is the standard four-o'clock break.
Common spelling variants
- Sambusa
- Samoosa
Samosa is the canonical English spelling used in MG Mini puzzles.