Salads and appetizers
How to Make Vegetable Sambousek
Sambousek is one of the tastiest appetizers and side dishes served at celebrations. Here is a recipe for one of the best vegetable sambousek fillings, and you can use the same dough to make meat or cheese sambousek.
Ingredients
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- Dough
- 3 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons yogurt
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- A pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups warm water, or as needed
- Filling
- 2 medium onions
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 grated carrots
- 1 cup peas
- 1 cup corn
- 1 large potato, boiled and mashed
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese with grated kasseri cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried coriander, or any spices you like
- Note: You can add minced meat to the filling, but this is optional.
Method
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- Start by making the dough: mix all the ingredients, then gradually add the warm water and bring the dough together. Knead until you get a smooth, soft dough.
- Let it rest for 1 hour, and prepare the filling in the meantime.Timers: 60 min
- Sauté the finely chopped onion in 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil for just 2 minutes.Timers: 2 min
- Add the grated carrot, corn, and peas, and stir for 10 minutes over low heat until the vegetables soften.Timers: 10 min
- Add the salt and spices, then add the previously boiled and mashed potato and stir for 1 more minute before turning off the heat.
- Add the grated cheese directly and mix.
- Let the filling cool completely before using.
- Shape the dough as desired. You can roll it out into circles, fill them, fold them, and seal the edges to form half-moon sambousek.
- Heat the frying oil, then place the pastries into the hot oil and reduce the heat from high to medium so the vegetable sambousek turns golden without burning.
- Remove the vegetable sambousek from the oil and place it on a serving plate lined with paper towels. Continue frying the rest the same way until all are done.
- Also from Ruwayda, try Easy Croissant
- For more delicious pastries, here are Fluffy Spinach Pies
Recipe tags
Salads and appetizersInternationalNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- Easy Croissant
- Fluffy Spinach Pies
