Oven-Baked Shaphalay

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    14

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      50 min

Appears in
Seven Kitchens

By Torie True

Published 2025

  • About

These savoury semi-circular pasties look very similar to a Cornish pasty in the UK and a kachori in Kolkata, India. Sha means meat and phalay means bread. They are Tibetan in origin and a typical street food in the northeastern parts of India – if you head to Darjeeling, Kalimpong or Sikkim you will find these tasty snacks everywhere. Typically, they are filled with spiced lamb, beef or chicken mince and cabbage but they work equally well with a vegetarian or vegan filling if you pre