Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let it sizzle. Add ginger garlic paste and onion. When the paste become aromatic, add the minced meat and cook it until caramelised. Break the meat with your spoon to small pieces while cooking.
Move the meat to aside of the pan and add coriander powder, cumin powder, chili powder, garam masala, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well with the ground meat and cook for about two minutes.
Add 1/2 tbsp of butter. Cook for about a minute and turn off the heat. Then add chopped coriander. Mix well with the meat and then add lime juice. Taste and add salt and lime if needed. Add blanched peas. Preheat the oven t0 185C.
Take one phyllo sheet out. Keep the rest of the phyllo sheets covered with a lightly damped towel. Fold the phyllo sheet in half. Carefully apply melted butter to the whole folded sheet using a pastry brush. Then put some filling. Fold the sheet along the right black line to cover the filling in a triangle motion and repeat until finished.
Apply melted butter again and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Place all the samosas on a baking sheet. Apply melted butter once again on all the samosas. Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 – 30min or until golden brown and crispy. Serve with tomato chutney.
Andy grew up in New Zealand. Fast forward to now, he has cooked in some great restaurants in Auckland, London, Sydney and Melbourne. He also spent time in the business-side of hospitality, managing restaurants, cafes and bars in airports and mucking around with great Australian beef and lamb in a test kitchen.
Sofia Levin is a celebrated Melbourne-based journalist and host who’s been writing about food since 2013, for Broadsheet, Lonely Planet, the Guardian, the Age and other publications.
In March 2021 Levin launched The Seasoned Traveller, a website and newsletter that celebrates cultural diversity through food and encourages readers to #eatcuriously. She’s also appeared on TV shows like Postcards and The Cook Up with Adam Liaw (and in a few Broadsheet videos).
Mary Politis is the woman behind the popular food blog Mary’s Kouzina. Mary teaches people how to make home Greek style food, with recipes inspired by her mother and grandmother; showcasing her family recipes to the world.
Her aim is to reintroduce and preserve traditional Greek cuisine by encouraging people to go back to their Greek roots and incorporate it back into their daily diets.
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