AMETHA PUDEENA SAMOSA / BEEF AND MINT SAMOSA

You may hear people who have traveled to or tasted Burmese food said that Burmese cuisine is somewhat a hybrid of Indian, Chinese and Thai.

If I may put it this way, Ametha pudeena samosa or beef and mint samosa is one of the examples of the Indian-inspired dishes.

The samosa is filled with ground beef that is cooked and flavored with cumin, coriander seeds, onion, garlic and mint. I found this samosa very delicious and flavorful.

The only “complexity” (if I may say so), is in wrapping the samosa into triangle shape. But again, I didn’t find it awfully complex either. I did it, so you can too 😉

The tamarind sauce is really a wonderful complement to this beef and mint samosa. This will be a great appetizer dish. Recipe is adopted from The Food of Burma.

AMETHA PUDEENA SAMOSA / BEEF AND MINT SAMOSA

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10 rolls

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

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• 1 ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• ½ tsp black peppercorns
• 9 oz (250 g) minced beef
• 4 cloves garlic , finely chopped
• ½ inch -ginger , finely chopped
• 1 ½ Tbsp canola oil
• 2 cups finely chopped onions
• ½ cup chopped mint leaves
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• 8-10 spring roll wrappers , cut into 2 1/2 x 8 inches (6.5 x 20 cm) strips
• 1 cup peanut oil for deep-frying

Tamarind sauce:

• 2 bulbs of garlic , finely chopped
• 2 Tbsp tamarind paste
• 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
• 1 Tbsp honey
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp fish sauce
• 4-5 bird's eye chili (seeded if you like and chopped)

Method

 

1. Heat oil in a deep small pan and deep-fry until golden brown. Place on paper towel to drain extra oil. Place on serving platter. Serve with tamarind sauce

Preparing tamarind sauce:

1. Place the tamarind paste in a bowl and add about 2-3 Tbsp of lukewarm water. Mash with fork to extract the tamarind and then strain off to get the tamarind juice. Place the extracted tamarind juice and everything else in a bowl and mix well. Have a taste, it should be sour, sweet and salty

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