: a small triangular pastry filled with spiced meat or vegetables and fried in ghee or oil
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Housemade samosas were not marked with ingredients or allergen information, and roasted barley was stored in a Sterilite tub, which is not a food-safe container.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles and hot samosas and syrupy jalebis land on paper plates.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
Momos, a kind of dumpling, are available to start, plus soups, samosas, spring rolls and more.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
On board, passengers chat politics in Finnish dining cars, clamber into couchettes above strangers on the Trans-Siberian, and share samosas on India’s many raucous mail trains.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles and hot samosas and syrupy jalebis land on paper plates.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
Momos, a kind of dumpling, are available to start, plus soups, samosas, spring rolls and more.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
On board, passengers chat politics in Finnish dining cars, clamber into couchettes above strangers on the Trans-Siberian, and share samosas on India’s many raucous mail trains.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Samosa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/samosa. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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