Pastries

Samosa

समोसा

Guadeloupe

A crisp South Asian pastry is folded around spiced potato, peas, onion, or meat, then fried and served with chutney

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What it is

A closer look at Samosa.

A crisp South Asian pastry is folded around spiced potato, peas, onion, or meat, then fried and served with chutney

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

Look for blistered triangular pastry and a hot filling; seek it from street vendors, bakeries, or tea stalls across India

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Samosa.

Native to

India

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Traditional in

Comoros

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Guadeloupe

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Kenya

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Malaysia

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Traditional in

Reunion

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Rwanda

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Somalia

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Uganda

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Zambia

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Traditional in

Oman

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Saudi Arabia

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Traditional in

South Africa

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Traditional in

Yemen

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Mauritius

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Pakistan

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Suriname

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Traditional in

Martinique

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Traditional in

South Sudan

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Malawi

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Traditional in

Chad

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

Samosaprimary
Reunionese Samoussalocal · 🇷🇪
Samboosalocal · 🇴🇲
Sambusalocal · 🇾🇪
Samosalocal · 🇲🇾
Samosalocal · 🇸🇷
Samoussalocal · 🇲🇺
Samusalocal · 🇺🇬
Yemeni Sambusalocal · 🇾🇪
Zambian Samosalocal · 🇿🇲
سمبوسةlocal · 🇴🇲
سمبوسةlocal · 🇸🇦
سموسہlocal · 🇵🇰
कीमा समोसाlocal · 🇮🇳
समोसाlocal · 🇮🇳
ప్యాజ్ సమోసాlocal · 🇮🇳
Samboosaalias
Samoosaalias
Saudi Samboosaalias

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