Saturday. 03/10/2015. 'Tasty Samosas, Beef, Onion and Sweet Potato.'

This recipe comes from 'Everyday Super Food' by Jamie Oliver. Page 188. 

Book Pic

As we are partial to Samosas, it made sense for us to learn how to do them. That healthy number from Jamie Oliver was a must do. The book pic looked like we were going to have a lovely and light dinner. 

The Result.

Another good reason for the choice was a few Sweet Potatoes that needed to be used up. One of the very nice thing in Jamie Oliver's latest book is the way he highlights the goodness and health benefit of certain ingredients in his recipes. I did find it very educational. As a Sweet Potato fan, it made it easy to convert someone to eat that spud.

The Prep.

Once the preparation is done everything is fairly easy to do and follow. Apart when our Tango decided I should learn to do Samosas without looking at the recipe. 

Tango loving resting on recipe books only when you cook from them.

Frying the Mixture.

The Samosa mixture in this recipe is absolutely well balanced and fantastic: Beef Mince, Brown Rice, Sweet Potatoes, Garlic, Onion, Chilli and Coriander. It starts with frying and building up the flavours together then it is a gentle simmering for 20 minutes. The Rice cooked upon the pack instruction is added last to the mixture. 

The Samosas Filling.

Me First Samosas...

The trickiest part for me was actually forming the Samosas. My very first one was not looking picture perfect to say the least but I did improve with the practice a little.  I reckon after three or four goes at Samosas over time, I will succeed in making them look the part. However what my very first batch lacked in style, it didn't in taste courtesy of that beautiful recipe of Jamie Oliver. 

Great Supper.

This was a lovely dinner which was very filling as well: two Samosas per person like advised is more than enough. We used two Cayenne Chillies instead of one (glut but also taste oblige) which gave a fantastic tingling warmth to those babies. It is economical too for we had the leftovers Samosas for our lunch boxes. That recipe went a treat and got the high five. We will do it again at any time during a year.