A street food hero: How samosa is a treat for all seasons

The pantheon of India’s lip-smacking street food scene is headed by the samosa. Whether it is being served in its three-dimensional spiced potato-filled avatars to prospective grooms in ‘bride-seeing’ functions in North India, or as a smaller, flatter and crisper triangular ‘patti’ (pastry strip) version with nonbu kanji during Ramzan in the South, the samosa’s universal appeal is undisputed. The samosa travelled to India from central Asia and the Middle East in the 12th or 13th centuries via Arab traders.