Chickpea Spinach Samosas
Healthy oven baked samosas with chickpeas and spinach have all the flavor of traditional samosas, but have a fraction of the fat and calories.
Servings: 18 samosas
Calories: 88kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups kala chana black chickpeas, soaked overnight
- 4 cups baby spinach leaves firmly packed
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 1 large chile finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 teaspoons Sabzi/Bhujia spice mix or Kitchen King Masala
- 1 recipe samosa dough
Instructions
- Combine the chickpeas with 4 cups of water.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until the peas are tender. Alternately, you can also cook them in a pressure cooker. Drain.
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry for 30 seconds.
- Saute onion and chile until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add spinach and cook until the leaves are wilted.
- Add the cooked chickpeas, turmeric and Sabzi spice mix.
- Cook for another 3 minutes. Let cool.
- Make the samosa dough. Let rest for 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 425 F.
- Place a piece of parchment paper on cookie sheet and spray cookie sheet with non stick spray.
- Roll and stuff samosas. (use instructions here from samosa dough recipe) Brush with milk.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
Notes
For healthier samosas, you can use Multi Grain Samosa Dough
Nutrition
Calories: 88kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 52mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 625IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
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