Name: Sweet samosas
Yield: Makes 12
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter, melted, for brushing; icing (confectioners’) sugar, for dusting; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cinnamon; 12 sheets of filo pastry, 28 x 18cm/11 x 7 in; 2.5 ml/½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 50 g/2 oz//4 cup light muscovado (brown) sugar; 250 ml/8fl oz/1 cup evaporated milk; 25 g/1 oz/⅙ cup seedless raisins; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup raw unsalted cashew nuts, chopped; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup ground almonds; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup desiccated (dry unsweetened shredded) coconut

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

These traditional Indian pastries, Khusli, are made during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The small triangular filo parcels are usually deep-fried in oil, but here they are baked for a healthier treat. They have a wonderful fruit-and-nut filling, sweetened and moistened with evaporated milk and sugar. Try serving them with fresh fruit and thick yogurt or whipped cream for a special dessert, or with coffee.