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Follow this Ethiopian sambusa recipe to make Lentil Sambusas, a thin, flaky dough stuffed with lentils and Ethiopian Spices.
Want to make Ehtiopian sambusas? The thin, flaky dough stuffed with lentils and Ethiopian Spices is a popular dish in Ethiopia. This hand-help stuffed pastry, akin to Samosas, is a savory, mouth-watering snack or appetizer.
Follow this Ethiopian sambusa recipe.
Lentil Sambusas, An Ethiopian Treat
Follow this recipe to make Lentil Sambusas, a savory dish of mashed plantains.
- 1 1/2 cups Beluga lentil soaked overnight (Available Whole Foods)
- 11/2 cups Puy lentils
- 4 jalapenos (finely diced)
- 4 onion (finely diced)
- 3 cloves garlic (finely diced)
- 1 cup cilantro (finely chopped)
- 1 teaspoon Cardamom seeds (crushed)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- salt (to taste)
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- about 10 Spring Roll Sheets
- olive oil (for frying)
- Soak the lentils overnight.
- Boil lentils the next morning until tender: About 20 minutes.
- Heat Olive oil and sauté the onion, garlic, jalapeno until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add spices, sauté: 2 minutes.
- Add the boiled and drained lentils and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Take off stove and let it cool.
- Add cilantro leaves.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees and have ready a non-stick baking sheet.
- Take a spring roll sheet and generously dampen the edge by dipping your fingers in the dish of water and spreading the water around the perimeter.
- Mound one heaping teaspoon of filling on the spring roll sheet.
- Close the sheet so that it’s now a triangle. Pinch the edge tightly and set on the baking sheet.
- Repeat until you run out of filling.
- Brush the sambusas liberally on all sides with olive oil.
- Bake until golden brown, about 6-10 minutes, then flip and brown on the other side for just about 2-3 minutes.
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I made this with a few changes. It was delicious. I think I purchased the wrong wraps, I used wonton wrappers. Instead of lentil, I used ground turkey and added a shake of ginger! Amazing. I will try with shredded chicken next time