Ye’misser Sambusas Be’ruz

Crispy Rice-Paper Pastries with a Spiced Lentil-Tomato Filling

Preparation info
  • Makes

    18

    sambusas
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Teff Love: Adventures in Vegan Ethiopan Cooking

By Kittee Berns

Published 2015

  • About

Sambusas are similar to Indian samosas, except instead of the expected potato filling, they’re usually stuffed with meat or lightly seasoned lentils that are wrapped in a thin wheat pastry. These sambusas are filled with tender lentils and mushrooms in a spiced red gravy, and instead of the traditional fried crust, they’re baked in rice-paper wrappers, which are an inexpensive and easy gluten-free twist. This rice-paper version is quite different from