Samosa Pinwheels

Puff Pastry Samosa Pinwheels is a savory appetizer made with samosa filling, on a store-bought puff pastry sheet! The samosa filling is made with a tempering of cumin and fennel seeds. And we use potatoes, and peas, with a few aromatics and spices to make this samosa fusion recipe! It is an easy appetizer and snack recipe. So save this vegan pinwheel recipe for potlucks and festive parties like Diwali. If you are interested in more samosa recipes, try my Puff Pastry Samosa Chaat.

If you as my favorite food, it is samosa. And I love making fusion samosa recipes using puff pastry sheets. This is my favorite recipe to make! I have brought these to potlucks and parties over the years! And trust me, when I say this, these samosa pinwheels recipe is always a hit! They get over with a blink of an eye. From kids to adults, everyone loves this vegan and vegetarian pinwheels!

My mom makes the best samosas at home. And, this recipe of samosa filling is her recipe, which is deliciousness in every bite! These vegan pinwheels are addictive and are so easy to make! You must try this recipe for this festive season because it makes for an easy, and quick appetizer.

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• What are Puff Pastry Samosa Pinwheels?
• Why You'll Love This Vegetarian Pinwheel Recipe?
• What are Samosas?
• Ingredients to Make Samosa Pinwheels
• How to Make the Puff Pastry Samosa Pinwheels?
• Expert Tips to Make This Recipe
• Air Fryer Instructions For These Vegan Pinwheels
• Serving Suggestions For Vegetarian Samosa Pinwheels
• Storage and Freezing Instructions
• Reheating Instructions
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• Samosa Pinwheels

What are Puff Pastry Samosa Pinwheels?

Samosa Pinwheels are an easy vegan and vegetarian pinwheel appetizer recipe. The filling is made with potatoes, peas, aromatics, and a few spices. I love to make this recipe, for big and small parties and get-togethers. But, I make these the most when I have during Diwali.

I like to buy the Pepperridge Farm puff pastry sheets as they are vegan, to make the appetizers vegan and vegetarian. I love how this recipe comes together quickly and makes for a great make-ahead appetizer, which is always a win-win situation when hosting!

Serve the samosa pinwheels with my cilantro mint chutney and imli ki chutney (tamarind chutney). I bet they will be a hit with your friends and family! If you want to serve them as mini chaat bites, serve finely chopped onions, tomatoes, and sev on the side, and top them off. They will be delicious!

Why You'll Love This Vegetarian Pinwheel Recipe?

Guys the recipe has samosa and puff pastry in its name. What's not to love? But, I will give you a few more reasons to love this recipe.

• It is an easy and quick recipe to make.
• Vegan and vegetarian recipe, given you use vegan puff pastry sheets
• Samosa Pinwheels make for great finger foods and appetizers
• You can prepare the samosa filling ahead of time
• This recipe is vegan
• Freeze the leftover samosa pinwheels and reheat them whenever you like!

What are Samosas?

If you ever go to any Indian party, be it weddings, birthdays, or anniversaries, one appetizer you will always find there are these samosas. Samosas are crispy fried Indian appetizers, made with a filling of potatoes and peas with a few spices and aromatics.

Now these samosas are mostly savory, with potato and peas filling. The recipe of the filling may differ from state to state. But I find myself loving all the samosa recipes.

In Gujarat, we make the filling with potato and peas, with a tempering of cumin and fennel seeds, and spices like Kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder, and garam masala. We like to add minced ginger, garlic, and green chilies as far as aromatics are concerned. Finish it off with a hearty squeeze of lime juice and lots of cilantro.

I also know that some recipes add onions in the filling, along with other spices like amchur and chaat masala. It depends on how you like your filling, so add whatever spices and aromatics you wish! There is no right or wrong!

Ingredients to Make Samosa Pinwheels

Boiled Potatoes - Boil the potatoes and chop them into cubes or mash them to use in this recipe. We will be using 3 large russet or yellow gold potatoes for this recipe. This should yield you about 2.5 cups of cubed potatoes.

Peas - You can use any frozen or fresh green peas. I like to add hot water to them, so they thaw and cook quickly.

Oil - This recipe is vegan, so I am using oil. Some people prefer to use ghee for tempering to make the samosa filling. So you can use either oil or ghee for this recipe.

Tempering Spices - We will be tempering the samosa filling recipe, with cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and asafetida.

Aromatics - Pound together 4-5 small cloves of garlic, half an inch of ginger and 1-2 Thai green chilies in a mortar pastel, and use it in the recipe. You can skip garlic, if you want to.

Ground Spices - I am using Kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala, salt, and chaat masala.

Lime Juice - A hearty squeeze of lime juice helps all the flavors of the samosa filling come together.

Cilantro - I like to add fresh chopped cilantro in the filling, as it gives freshness and herbiness to the recipe.

Puff Pastry Sheets - I am using Pepperidge Farms Puff Pastry Sheets for these vegan pinwheel recipes. You will have to thaw them in the refrigerator overnight and make sure they are cold when you work with them.

All-Purpose Flour - You will need about 1-2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour for dusting!

How to Make the Puff Pastry Samosa Pinwheels?

This Indian appetizer is a true crowd-pleaser and is so easy and fuss-free to make. You are going to love this recipe.

Prep the Ingredients

Thaw the frozen puff pastry sheets in the refrigerator overnight. You want to make sure that the puff pastry is cold when you start working with it.

Boil the potatoes and cool to not to make them soggy.

Soak the frozen peas in hot water for 10 minutes, and drain the water.

Mince ginger, garlic, and green chilies using a spice grinder or mortar pastel.

Boil The Potatoes

Wash and scrub the potatoes well.

Add water to the steel insert pot in the Instant Pot.

Place a trivet. Place the potatoes on the trivet

Close the instant pot lid, and make sure to check the pressure valve is at the sealing position.

Press Pressure Cook, and manually adjust the time to 12 minutes.

Pressure cook the potatoes on Manual Pressure cook for 12 minutes on high Pressure.

Let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes.

After 5 minutes, do a quick pressure release.

Open the lid carefully. Pierce a fork to check the potatoes are well done.

Take them out carefully in a bowl, using a pair of tongs.

Make The Samosa Filling

Add avocado oil to a 10-inch frying pan. Keep the flame on medium. Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and asafetida. Wait for the cumin and fennel seeds to splutter.

Next, add the freshly minced garlic, ginger, and green chilies. Saute for 30 seconds. Don't let it brown.

Now add the boiled cubed potatoes and peas. Add red chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala, salt, and chaat masala. Mix it well.

Mash the potatoes and peas, with a potato masher. And then using a wooden spoon mix it all. Make sure there are no chunks of potatoes.

Once done, squeeze the juice of half the lime and add freshly finely chopped cilantro. Mix it well. And let it cool to room temperature.

Make The Puff Pastry Samosa Pinwheels

Make sure the puff pastry is cold when you are working with it.

Dust the surface with all-purpose flour. Place the thawed puff pastry sheet and gently open it. Discard the butter paper. This way the thawed puff pastry wouldn't stick to the surface.

Make a slurry of 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour with 4 tablespoons of water. Apply this slurry at the end of the puff pastry where you will finish rolling the puff pastry after adding the filling.

Transfer half of the prepared samosa filling, onto the puff pastry sheet. Spread it in a thin layer over the puff pastry sheet using your hands.

Now roll the puff pastry sheet into a log. Make sure to seal the end where you finish rolling properly.

Place the prepared log in the freezer, and let it chill while you work on the second puff pastry sheet.

Place both the prepared samosa puff pastry logs in the freezer for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400F.

Take them out of the freezer. Cut the pinwheels about ½ inch thick using a serrated knife. Discard the ends of the puff pastry as they won't have any filling in them.

Repeat the same with the second puff pastry roll.

This recipe should yield you 25 samosa pinwheels.

Layer a baking sheet with parchment paper. My baking sheet is quite big, so I could bake them all at once. But you can bake these in 2 batches. If you are going to bake the samosa pinwheels in batches, make sure to keep the second batch in the freezer, while you bake the 1st batch.

Bake them at 400F for about 20 minutes or until golden brown and crispy. Serve them with cilantro mint chutney and masala chai.

Air Fryer Instructions For These Vegan Pinwheels

These Indian Samosa Pinwheels turn out crispier in the air fryer. To bake them in the air fryer, preheat the air fryer for 2 minutes at 390F and bake them for about 8-10 minutes. Keep a close eye on them at the 8-minute mark, as they can brown fast in the air fryer.

Serving Suggestions For Vegetarian Samosa Pinwheels

Serve these Vegan Pinwheels with my cilantro mint chutney and imli ki chutney (tamarind chutney), along with masala chai. You can also serve my Cheesy Nachos Chaat and Makhana Chivda along with the pinwheels.

Storage and Freezing Instructions

To make this recipe ahead of time, you can make this log the previous night wrap it in a cling wrap, and freeze it. Cut it and bake it the next day when you are ready to serve.

Store the leftovers in the freezer. Lay the samosa pinwheels on parchment paper and freeze them for 30 minutes. Transfer the pinwheels to a ziplock and freeze. Use them within 3 months.

Reheating Instructions

Reheating using Air Fryer - This is my preferred way of reheating all the baked foods. I reheat these samosa pinwheels at 300F for 5-7 minutes. They are perfectly crispy and fresh to enjoy with chutney and chai.

Reheating using Oven - Preheat the oven to 350F. Layer the baking sheet with parchment paper, and place the frozen samosa pinwheels on it. Bake them at 350F for 10 minutes.

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