Comoros
Mahorais Samosas
Sambusas
Triangular fried pastries filled with spiced minced meat, fish, or vegetables. A Swahili/Indian snack popular as an afternoon or evening street food.
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Samboussa
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
Sambusa
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.
Mauritius
Sweet Potato Cakes
Gato patate
Crescent turnovers of mashed sweet potato pastry filled with sweetened grated coconut and fried.