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Samosa Jaffle

The samosa jaffle gives you soft, gently spiced potato filling between two crispy slices of bread, dipped into tangy coriander yoghurt dressing. 
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Savoury
Cuisine: Sandwich
Servings: 4 serves
Author: Andrea

Ingredients

  • 500 g potatoes peeled and cut into large chunks
  • 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • ½ brown onion diced
  • 2 cm piece ginger minced
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon black mustard seeds
  • ½ teaspoon chilli flakes
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander
  • ¼ teaspoon asafoetida hing
  • ½ teaspoon garam masala
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup green peas defrosted
  • 4 slices white bread

Coriander yoghurt

  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 cm nob of ginger grated
  • 1 cup fresh coriander leaves
  • ½ cup natural yoghurt
  • 1 green chilli roughly chopped
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon garam masala
  • Juice from ½ a lime

Instructions

  • Boil potatoes in lightly salted water until they are soft. Drain and mash roughly, leaving a few larger chunks.
  • Meanwhile, heat oil in a frypan over a medium to high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute for 3-4 minutes until soft and translucent.
  • Add whole spices: cumin seeds, fennel seeds, black mustard seeds and chilli flakes and cook for one minute until fragrant.
  • Follow this with the ground spices: ground cumin, ground coriander, asafoetida, garam masala, turmeric and salt. Saute for a further one minute.
  • Add defrosted peas and crumbled potato. Turn heat to low and fold spices and oil into vegetables. Remove from heat and set aside to cool for 30 minutes.
  • Cool sandwich by heating up jaffle iron. Spray lightly with oil spray if required. Place one slice of bread down and fill with a quarter of the potato filling. Top with another slice of bread then shut jaffle iron. Cook until both sides of bread are golden and crispy.
  • To make the coriander yoghurt: place all ingredients into a food processor and blitz until coriander is fine. Serve on the side of jaffles.

Notes

  • The serves for this recipe is dependant on how much filling your jaffle iron can take.