Meat Sambusa Recipe

ground meat

🥗Healthier: lean turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

Turkey reduces fat content while chicken is often less expensive.

pastry dough

🥗Healthier: whole wheat dough

💰Cheaper: homemade dough

Whole wheat adds fiber, while homemade can cut costs.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil offers healthier fats, while canola is often cheaper.

green chili

🥗Healthier: bell pepper

💰Cheaper: jalapeño

Bell pepper offers sweetness without heat, jalapeño is often less expensive.

Sauté chopped onions in oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes until slightly brown.

Add minced garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.

Add chopped tomatoes and cook until soft and most of the water evaporates.

Add ground beef and break it apart; cook until fully cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes.

Stir in chopped green chilies, Hawaiian spice mix, and salt; mix well.

Prepare sambusa wrappers by cutting a 60° angle on one side.

Place a couple teaspoons of filling on the angled side of the sambusa in an equilateral triangle shape.

Fold the dough over to form a triangle, ensuring the meat is tightly wrapped inside.

Trim off excess dough or tuck it under the fold to seal.

Wet the edges with water or a water-flour mixture if necessary to help seal.

Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat until hot.

Gently place sambusas in the oil and cook, turning until golden brown, about 5 to 10 minutes.

Remove from oil and serve hot.

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