Saudi Triangles with Meat Filling (Saudi Arabia)

Samboosak

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 package spring roll skins
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1 tbsp water
  • oil for frying

Filling:

  • 1 small onion, minced
  • 1 leek, cleaned and chopped
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 pound ground beef or lamb
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp kebsa spices
  • 2 egg whites, hard-boiled and chopped
  • oil for frying

Preparation:

Sauté the onions and leek in the oil until transparent. Add the meat, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until done, breaking up lumps.

Add the kebsa spices and the chopped egg whites and mix well.

Combine flour and water.

Cut each spring roll skin into 3 strips of equal width. (If the dough is not precisely square, use the slightly larger dimension for the length of the strip.) Lay out 3 or 4 strips on your work surface.

Place a rounded teaspoon of the meat filling toward the bottom right-hand corner of each strip. Fold that corner diagonally over to the top left-hand corner, forming a triangle, As you fold, be certain that the side of the strip lines up perfectly with the folded portion. Continue as if folding a flag, alternately folding the bottom corners in a diagonal pattern. Seal the final flap with a bit of the flour paste.

Deep fry and drain on absorbent paper.