About this dish
Crispy triangular pastries filled with spiced lentils or beef, a popular Ethiopian snack.
📍 Find the best Ethiopian Sambusa near me
AI-powered — Google, TripAdvisor and food blogs
Ingredients
🌾10 sheets thin pastry dough
🫘1 cup lentils, cooked and spiced
🧅1 onion, finely chopped
🫒Oil, for frying
Method
Serves 21
Cook lentils with onion, garlic, and berbere spice until thick.2
Cut pastry sheets into long strips.3
Fold the strips around a spoonful of filling into a triangle shape.4
Seal the edges with a flour paste.5
Deep-fry until golden and crisp.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Sambusa is a widely eaten Ethiopian snack with roots shared across the Horn of Africa and South Asia, commonly filled with spiced lentils or minced meat.
User Reviews
No reviews yet — be the first!
Sign in to leave a review
Members can create lists, save favourites and get recommendations.
🌍 Food Vlogs
Eating and cooking it at the source
🌍
No videos yet
What To Eat
The World's Food Guide
© 2026 What To Eat · hello@whattoeat.world