Gluten Free Simply Samosas Recipe
I need your help! I created this pretty fab gluten free recipe but I just don’t know what to name it! Most of us can just make a recipe and call it “dinner”, no such luck for a recipe developer and food blogger.
This is where you and your help come in – I am having a contest – whoever comes up with the best name for this recipe will win a case of Chebe Garlic-Onion Breadstick Mix!
First let me tell you a little about the recipe. I started out making a filling of ground chicken, onions, carrots, curry powder, mango chutney (I made mine using my homemade mango chutney but store bought is just fine) and coconut milk. Then I used Chebe Garlic-Onion Breadstick Mix to make a pastry. I added some more garlic and some ground cumin to give it the flavor of the flat Indian bread called “naan”. I stuffed the filling into the pastry, baked it up and also made a quick riata (and Indian condiment made with yogurt, cucumbers and mint).
The result is a tasty little gluten free (and dairy free) pastry with all the flavors of an Indian meal, all wrapped up in a little package.
I think that if you want to introduce children to more exotic flavors in their dining experiences, this is a good way to start. The curry filling is flavorful but not spicy (although if you want more heat, you could always just add more curry powder), there is a touch of sweetness in the filling from the carrots and raisins (in the chutney) and they are just plain fun to eat! And you know, Indian food is SO popular these days!
I love everything about this recipe except one thing – I couldn’t figure out an appropriate name!
So here’s the challenge – read through the recipe and come up with a fun, creative, clever name for it.
You can enter as many as 10 names if you like but they all have to be different and submitted in individual comments.
You have until Monday, June 4th, midnight (EST) to enter in your name(s). The next day, I will pick a winner and officially change the name of this recipe. The winner will be announced in this post plus I will send them an email.
This isn’t random or computer generated! I am picking the name I like best! Flattery will not help, but it won’t hurt either. :)
The winner will receive a case (that is 8 boxes) of Chebe Garlic-Onion Breadstick Mix. I will send you an email to get your shipping address.
I can only ship to an address in the United States. If you live in another country, you can go ahead and enter, but you need to provide me with a U.S. shipping address.
For all the official rules, go here.
So, what would you name this gluten free recipe?
UPDATE! Thank you to everyone who entered such fun, creative names. Picking a winner was HARD!!! So (drum roll please) the winning name for this recipe is…Simply Samosas submitted by Tina D. Congratulations Tina, you have just won a whole case of Chebe Breadstick Mix, enjoy!
Gluten Free Simply Samosas Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil – use divided
- ½ cup finely diced carrots (1 carrot)
- ½ cup finely diced onion (1/4 of a medium sized onion)
- ¾ pound ground chicken
- 1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt plus more for the pastry
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon curry powder (more if you want it spicy)
- ¾ cup coconut milk
- ½ cup mango chutney (with raisins)
- 1 box Chebe Garlic-Onion Breadsticks Mix
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cloves garlic , finely minced or grated
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ seedless cucumber
- 1 cup plain Greek Yogurt (non-fat, low-fat, regular or dairy free)
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves , minced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in a large skillet with a lid over medium heat. Add the carrots and onion and cook until the onions start to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken, 1 teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper and the curry powder; raise the heat to medium-high and cook, breaking up the chicken with a spatula or potato masher, until no longer pink, 3-4 minutes. Add the coconut milk and chutney, stir to combine, lower the heat back to medium, put the lid on the pan and cook until the liquid is absorbed and the carrots are fork tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly while making the dough.
- Put the Chebe Garlic-Onion Breadsticks Mix in a mixing bowl, add 2 eggs, the remaining 2 tablespoons of coconut oil (liquefied), ¼ cup of water, garlic and ground cumin and stir to combine. The mixture will be lumpy. Dump the mixture onto a clean work surface and knead by hand until the dough is smooth. Divide into 4 equal sized pieces. Place a piece of waxed or parchment paper on a flat surface, roll one dough portion into a ball, top with another piece of waxed or parchment paper and roll into a 7-inch circle. Lift the top piece of paper from the dough, place ¼ of the chicken mixture on the bottom half of the dough circle, leaving a ½ inch border. Fold the dough over the filling forming a half circle, press the edges together and crimp with the tines of a fork. Using the bottom piece of paper to help you, gently flip the pastry into one hand then place it flat (un-crimped) side down on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
- Beat the remaining egg with 1 teaspoon water and brush on top of the pastries. Sprinkle with a little salt and bake for 40 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown.
- While the pastries are baking, make the riata. Peel the cucumber and grate it into a paper or kitchen towel. Squeeze out the excess liquid and place in a mixing bowl. Add the yogurt and mint leaves and stir to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Chicken Curry Pockets, or curry pasties. Actually, they sound divine.
This looks so delicious have to try these this week! Toasty Mangoed Punjabi Pockets
Gluten Free Indian Pasty’s. Spin off on hand held savory pastries served to workers in England!
Curried Chicken Pasties.
Punjab Pasties.
What’s the hurry, chicken curry? Chicken Cury to Go.
Curried Coconut Pastries and Fresh Raita
Curry-Coconut Samosas
Coconut Curry and Mango Samosas (sounds summery!)
Coconutty For Curry-Mango Samosas
Tangy Curry n’ Coconut Chicken Pockets
Spicy Curry Coconut Pockets with Cool Raita
Curry Mango Chicken Pockets
Chicken Chutney Pies
They look good! I’d go with curried chicken empanadas. When I saw them I thought they immediately looked most like empanadas, just with a different flavor profile :)
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Curried Chicken Samosas.
GF Samosas to Go (chicken and mango curry) – you could easily change the ingredients and make a variety of types
They reminded me immediately of empanadas as well. How about Empanadas Indios de Carolina.
I like the empanada idea, too! Indian Empanadas?
Actually, kids might prefer Indian Hot Pockets!
I also immediately thought empanadas when I saw them (and before I saw Jenn’s comment!). Curried East Indian Empanadas. I’d make them with more veggies or tofu.
Gluten-Free Chicken Samosa Empanadas
I say they should be called Indian Naanzerotti. P.S. can I come over for dinner sometime?
Handheld GF Indian Curry with Raita
Coconut Curry Calzones
Indian Empanadas with Cucumber Riata
How about Chicken Curry Pockets with Mint Yogurt Sauce.
Golded Samosas Gluten Free
I’d call these dinner for sure! Or Curried Chicken Pockets. But there are many more creative ideas already shared! :) Love that you used the Chebe mix. I’ve only bought their hamburger bun mix before, and the texture is “stretchy” enough that I can imagine the breadstick mix works SO well for the pastry here. Great idea and super-creative recipe!
How about Chicken Mango EmpaNAANdas? Either way that’s going on the dinner rotation this week! YUMMMM!!!!!
I vote for Indian Empanadas w/ Mango Chutney too :)
Indian Pocket Pastry with Cucumber-Yogurt Sauce
(Savory) Indian Chicken Pockets w/ Mango Chutney
ps, i love your ingenuity!
Hurry, Chicken Curry Pockets!!
tropical pockets please. I’m on my way home from Hawaii and this reminds me of the tropics.
Hot Whatever Pocket
Main Meal Turnovers
these look so hearty and flavorful! I would call them Savory Indian Pockets
Meal To-Go
Pot Pie Pocket
Your Choice Pocket
Make Ahead Pocket
Stew In A Pocket
Healthy Pocket
I suggest calling them gluten-free samosas – lets readers know they are GF and also the Indian flavors are identified right away.
I am looking forward to trying this recipe – do you have any suggestions for making them egg free?
Thank you and have fun with the contest!
Dear Carol,
I look forward to your emails and trying your recipes. I have all your cookbooks and I love your flour blend. It makes THE BEST banana bread ever. I adapted my grandmother’s recipe using your flour and no one can tell it is gluten free!
As for your new recipe, I cannot wait to try it. I would name it SIMPLY SAMOSAS. I love the name of your website “Simply Gluten-Free”, so it seems fitting that you would have the name “Simply” in it. Based on the reading of the recipe, it certainly could be considered a samosa and also, it looks like the recipe could be adapted to add whatever ingredients you would like in your Samosa, including potatoes and peas.
“Simply” Samosas!
Thai Greek Indian Empanadas
GF Stuffed Roti
“Thai-style Chicken Pockets”…YUM!
Curry Chicken Empanada
Chebe Chow with chutney and raita. I have a beautiful South African Indian friend who taught me how to make curry. In Durban South Africa, they have a dish called “Bunny Chow” which is bread stuffed with curry. While staying with us here in the USA she yearned for her Mom’s Bunny Chow. This sounds like a GF Dream! Thank you!!
Gluten Free Indian Chicken Somosa!! :)
No Worry Chicken Curry!
Chicken Curry Naan Pockets
Gluten Free Chicken Chutney Surprise! Sounds yummy!
GF Curry in a Hurry
Stew Pie
GF Naan Tuck It Indian Pies …Mmmmmn man now I feel starving again, and I just had dal before seeing this!
Chicken Mango stuffed Naan
Celiac Pie
Curry Hurry Pockets with Minty Fresh Riata
Oh yummo!!!!! I would name these chicken curry empanadas!!!!!!!! Chebe is the onlllyyyyy bread mix i can use. Thanks for sharing this recipe….
Chick Fill a Samosa Dinner
Chebe Chapati Chutney Filled Folds …I just think that one would be fun, dare you to say it ten times fast!
That would be a Chicken Curry Pasty here in Oz! (don’t enter me in the comp though!)
i think ” Garlic Curry Chicken Mango Chutney Naan “
I would call these “Gluten Free And Not Sari Wraps”!
Or maybe just “Gluten Free And Not Sari”. :-)
Chebe-Mosas for Chebe Samosas.
Garlicky Crusted Hot Curry Mango To Go Go
Mango-Curry Pocket Pies!
Curry Chicken Samosa
Mangolicious Curried Chicken Calzone with Cucumber-Mint Riata
Mangolicious Curried Chicken Empanada with Cucumber-Mint Riata
Curried Chicken & Mango Bombaynada with Cucumber-Mint Riata
4 C’s Empanadas (Chicken, curry, coconut, and chutney)
Curry Hand-Held Dinner
Indian chicken with a Breadstick Twist
Chutney Curry Chicken Calzones
Pocket Delights
Tropical Empanadas or Hurricane Calzones (I’m thinking that some of the ingredients come from countries close to the equator – therefore near the tropics and near hurricanes.)
yum!! those look INCREDIBLE! It’s like a Dosa Pocket! Or a Curry Hand Pie! thanks for such a great recipe! can’t wait to try!
Rockin masala pocket with tzatziki
How about Curried Chicken Mango Zebs? Zeb is Hindu for pouch. Thanks, Carol!
If we can enter more than once: Mango Chicken Curry Clutches
Curried Chicken Chutney Hand Pockets
Gluten Free Indian Chicken Pockets
Chicken Tropical Pillow Crisp
sweet! :)
Fruity Chicken Curry in a Chebe Cache
GF Indian Chicken in Chebe Pocket
Mango Chutney “GF” Chicken Pockets
Taste of India Pasty
I think this preparation should be called “half green gluten free food”.
COCONUT CHICKEN PITA SURPRISE!
Curry Chicken Hand Pies
(yum – they look like a must-try)
East Indian Mango Chicken Garlic Empanadas with Yogurt Riata
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