
Paris, France
Croissant
Crescent-shaped laminated pastry, buttery and flaky, adapted from the Austrian kipferl.
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Paris, France
Crescent-shaped laminated pastry, buttery and flaky, adapted from the Austrian kipferl.

Comoros
Sambusas
Triangular fried pastries filled with spiced minced meat, fish, or vegetables. A Swahili/Indian snack popular as an afternoon or evening street food.

Kenya
Mahamri
A Kenyan sweet fried dough, golden and puffy, served with chai, a daily and street classic

Comoros
Samoussa Comorien
A Comorian version of the samosa: a triangular pastry filled with spiced ground beef, onions, garlic, curry, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, and saffron; wrapped in brick pastry or filo and fried or baked; a popular snack and street food.

Djibouti
ሳምቡሳ
Crispy triangular fried pastries stuffed with spiced lentils, beans or beef. The Ethiopian-Eritrean cousin of the Indian samosa, beloved at fasting tables, breakfast spreads and Ramadan iftars.

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