Samosa
Samosas with chutney and green chillies
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| Alternative names | Samsa, somsa, somosa, somucha, sambosak, sambusa, samsa, singada, samuza, sambosa, somasi, somaas |
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| Type | pastry |
| Course | Entrée, snack |
| Region or state | Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Middle East, Horn of Africa, North Africa, |
| Serving temperature | Hot with chutney or mint sauce (raita) |
| Main ingredients | Maida, potatoes, peas, onions, spices, chili peppers (especially green chili), cheese, meat (lamb, beef or chicken) |
| Variations | Chamuça, Shingara |
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A samosa (/səˈmoʊsə/), or samoosa, is a fried or baked dish with a savoury filling, such as spiced potatoes, onions, peas, lentils, macaroni, noodles or minced meat (lamb, beef or chicken).Pine nuts can also be added. Its size and consistency may vary, but typically it is distinctly triangular or tetrahedral in shape. Indian samosas are usually vegetarian, and often accompanied by a mint chutney. Samosas are a popular entrée, appetizer or snack in the local cuisines of Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Southwest Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa, North Africa and South Africa. Due to cultural diffusion and emigration from these areas, samosas in today's world are also prepared in other regions.
Samosa (/səˈmoʊsə/; Punjabi: ਸਮੋਸਾ smosa, Sanskrit: शृङ्गाटकं śr̥ṅgāṭakaṁ,Bengali: সিঙ্গারা, Shingara, Hindi: समोसा, Meitei: Singhara, Nepali: समोसा, translit. Singoda, Urdu: سموسہ) is generally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Other names are used in other areas (Arabic: سمبوسك sambūsak, Sinhalese: සමොසා, Hebrew: סמבוסק sambusak, Gujarati: સમોસા samosa, Kannada: ಸಮೋಸಾ samosa, Malayalam: സമോസ, Marathi: समोसा, Persian: سمبوسه, Tamil: சமோசா, Telugu: సమోసా, Urdu: سموسه samosa, samsa (pronounced [ˈsamsə]), Sylheti: ছমছা Somosa or somsa in Turkic Central Asia (Kazakh: самса, [sɑmsɑ́], Kyrgyz: самса, [sɑ́msɑ], Uzbek: 'somsa', [sɒmsa], Uyghur: سامسا, [sɑmsɑ́]) and Turkey (Turkish: samsa böreği), sambusa (among Arabs, the Swahili, Djiboutians, Eritreans, Ethiopians, Somalis (Somali: sambuus) and Tajiks (Tajik: самбӯса)), sanbusé (Persian: سنبوسه; among Iranians), samosha (Burmese: စမူဆာ, IPA: [sʰəmùzà]; among Burmese), sambosa ([sam͡bosḁ]; among the Malagasy) or chamuça (among the Portuguese-speaking world).
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