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Ugandan Sambusa

Name: Ugandan Sambusa
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 12
Cuisine: Uganda
Ingredients: 12 Spring roll wrappers; 250g Ground Beef; 1 Onion; 1 clove Garlic; 1 Green Chili Pepper; A pinch Cilantro; 1 tsp Curry Powder; 1/2 tsp Garam masala; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp All-purpose flour; To taste Oil for frying; 1/2 Lemon

Snack

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 12

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Ground beef and onion folded into triangles and fried — a popular Ugandan snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sambusa is the samosa brought by Indian traders, now rooted in Uganda as a snack: ground beef or lentils and onion sautéed with spices are wrapped in thin pastry triangles and fried. Often served at street stalls, cafés, and wedding parties, they're also a favorite tea-time snack.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a street-corner café in Kampala, triangular fried pastries piled in a glass case are slipped into paper bags and sold with sweet milky tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 12)

Spring roll wrappers 12
Ground Beef 250g
Onion 1
Garlic 1 clove
Green Chili Pepper 1
Cilantro A pinch
Curry Powder 1 tsp
Garam masala 1/2 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
All-purpose flour 1 tbsp
Oil for frying To taste
Lemon 1/2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Stir-fry the ground beef, add the chopped onion, garlic, chili, spices, and salt, and cook until dry.
Mix in the chopped cilantro and cool.
Cut the spring roll wrappers into long strips, fold into triangles around the filling, and seal with flour mixed with water.
Fry in 170°C oil until golden.
Serve with lemon.

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