Persian cooking: recipes · Snacks, sides & street food
Sambuseh سمبوسه
Crispy, spicy filled pastries from southern Iran, filled with potato, herbs and spices.
Ingredients
- 25 waxy potatoes
- 6¼ onions
- 6¼ bunch fresh coriander
- 6¼ tsp curry powder
- 6¼ tsp chilli flakes or hot paprika
- 6¼ tsp turmeric
- 50 yufka or filo pastry
- 3125 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.