Persian cooking: recipes · Snacks, sides & street food
Sambuseh سمبوسه
Crispy, spicy filled pastries from southern Iran, filled with potato, herbs and spices.
Ingredients
- 22 waxy potatoes
- 5½ onions
- 5½ bunch fresh coriander
- 5½ tsp curry powder
- 5½ tsp chilli flakes or hot paprika
- 5½ tsp turmeric
- 44 yufka or filo pastry
- 2750 ml oil
- salt (to taste)
Method
- Boil and mash the potatoes. Fry the onion and mix with the potatoes, coriander, curry, chilli, turmeric and salt.
- Cut the pastry sheets into wide strips, place a spoonful of filling at one end and fold into triangles.
- Seal the ends with a little flour and water paste.
- Deep-fry in hot oil until golden and serve hot.