: a small triangular pastry filled with spiced meat or vegetables and fried in ghee or oil
Examples of samosa in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebStart your meal with a samosa or chicken 65 appetizer, then peruse the extensive menu that includes clay oven barbecue namak mandi peshawar dishes, plus Indian dishes such as chicken tikka masala, aloo gobi and paneer tikka masala.—Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2024 The menu features appetizers such as samosas and momo, entrees including butter chicken and aloo gobi, and sides of naan and roti.—Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024 Frankly, my expectations were fairly low, but the crab samosas were fantastic.—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024 Raw meat was being stored above vegetables in the walk-in, and samosas were outside of proper holding temperatures.—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for samosa
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Word History
Etymology
Hindi samosā & Urdu samosa, sambūsa, from Persian sambūsa
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