Qeema Samosa
A Samosa is a traditional Indian hand pie/snack that is made with either a Vegetable filling or a Meat filling. These Easy Qeema Samosas with Spring Roll Wrappers are a quick appetizer. The best part is that if you are health-conscious and don’t want Samosa fried, you can just bake or air-fry and enjoy lower calorie samosas.
Ingredients
For Qeema Filling
- 500 gm Mince Beef or Mince Mutton/Chicken
- 1&1/4 tsp salt or to taste
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilly Powder
- 1 tbsp Ginger & Garlic Paste
- 1 large Onion finely chopped
- 1/2 cup Coriander Leaves finely chopped
- 15 pieces Mint leaves finely chopped
- 6-8 pieces Green Chilies finely chopped
- 1&1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1&1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
For Samosa
- 20 pieces All purpose Spring Roll Sheets thawed
- 3 tbsp All-purpose flour
- 1-2 tbsp Water
- 5 cups Oil for frying
Instructions
For Qeema Filling
- Heat a pan, add washed Mince Meat and Cook on medium flame for 10min.
- Add Salt, Turmeric, Red chilly powder, Ginger Garlic paste, Garam masala powder & mix well.
- Cover & let it cook until water dries completely & Meat is tender.
- Now switch off the flame and add in chopped onion, Chopped coriander & mint, leaves, chopped Green chillies, Coriander powder, Cumin powder and Lemon juice. Mix well until well combined & cool completely. Filling is ready.
Folding and Filling the Samosa
- Step 1: Fold by placing 1 corner on the opposite corner (making it a triangle shape).
- Step 2: Fold 2 corners of the triangle to make triangular pocket for filling as shown in pictures.
- Step3: Now add 1-2tbsp of the prepared filling into the pocket.
- Step 4: Fold both front upper part towards inside the pocket
- Step 5: Fold back both upper part towards front side in order to seal the filling inside the triangular shaped samosa. See pictures for more clear visual clarity.
- Repeat this process with all of the wrappers.
- Now Fry the triangles in the medium hot oil and fry for 2 to 3 minutes per side, until golden brown.
- Remove from oil and takeout on a paper towel.
- Serve hot with mint chutney & ketchup.
Notes
If the spring roll sheet is not in a perfect sqaure shape, then cut into a perfect Square to make perfect triangular Samosa.