Sweet Potato & Spinach Samosas

Name: Sweet Potato & Spinach Samosas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 500 g sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed; 1 tbsp groundnut oil; 1 onion, chopped; 10 cm fresh ginger, grated; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed; 1 tbsp medium curry powder; 2 tsp tomato purée; ½ tsp salt; 150 g fresh spinach (or 4-6 frozen portions); 8 sheets of filo pastry; 1 tbsp nigella seeds

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Anna's Family Kitchen

By Anna Stanford

Published 2022

About

For all the grazers out there, these are brilliant as a snack or even a canapé. They’re delicious served warm or, as my children like them, eaten straight out of the fridge!

Ingredients

500 g sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1

Snack
Starter
Vegan

Method

Simmer the sweet potatoes until soft. Heat a pan and add the oil. Soften the onion for 3 minutes, then add the ginger, garlic, curry powder, tomato purée and salt.

Drain the sweet potato and mash into the spice mix. Cook for another 2 minutes before adding the spinach. Add a splash of boiling water so that the spinach wilts.

Working with 2 sheets of pastry at a time, fold the fi