: a small triangular pastry filled with spiced meat or vegetables and fried in ghee or oil
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Billing itself as Concord’s first-ever chai cafe, the establishment brews various teas and has a menu of street food popular in Pakistan and India, ranging from samosas to masala fries to chicken-tikka wraps.—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025 The vegetable samosas and kheer are also on point.—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 5 Dec. 2025 Gluten-free food should only be fried with other gluten-free foods (not with breaded meats, tempura, onion rings, samosas, or other sources of gluten).7
Sticks of butter or tubs of margarine should also be used only for gluten-free foods, to avoid cross-contact from crumbs on bread knives.8
8.—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2025 Tandoori chicken, chicken curry, palak paneer and samosas on the buffet measured at improper holding temperatures.—Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for samosa
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Etymology
Hindi samosā & Urdu samosa, sambūsa, from Persian sambūsa
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