Lentil Sambusas, An Ethiopian Treat

Step 1

Soak the lentils overnight.

Step 2

Boil lentils the next morning until tender: About 20 minutes.

Step 3

Heat Olive oil and sauté the onion, garlic, jalapeno until translucent, about 5 minutes.

Step 4

Add spices, sauté: 2 minutes.

Step 5

Add the boiled and drained lentils and cook for about 10 minutes.

Step 6

Taste and adjust seasoning.

Step 7

Take off stove and let it cool.

Step 8

Add cilantro leaves.

Step 9

Heat oven to 400 degrees and have ready a non-stick baking sheet.

Step 10

Take a spring roll sheet and generously dampen the edge by dipping your fingers in the dish of water and spreading the water around the perimeter.

Step 11

Mound one heaping teaspoon of filling on the spring roll sheet.

Step 12

Close the sheet so that it’s now a triangle. Pinch the edge tightly and set on the baking sheet.

Step 13

Repeat until you run out of filling.

Step 14

Brush the sambusas liberally on all sides with olive oil.

Step 15

Bake until golden brown, about 6-10 minutes, then flip and brown on the other side for just about 2-3 minutes.