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Category: Bread, pastry and pasta

Posted on May 15, 2019June 7, 2020

Sour samosas (سَنْبُوسَك حامِض)

This recipe from a fifteenth-century Egyptian cookery book is for samosas made with mince, vegetables, sesame oil, vinegar, pepper, and hazelnuts (or almonds). It is a wonderful snack or light lunch. [Ibn Mubārak Shāh, fols. 12v.-13r.]

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Professor Daniel Newman holds the Chair of Arabic Studies at the University of Durham (UK) and is an award-winning author and translator. His interests include translation, cultural exchanges between Europe and the Muslim world, food history, and percussion.

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