GOURMET TO GO.Daydreaming about your favorite Indian restaurant? Pop a couple of Taj Ethnic Gourmet's new handmade frozen baked Samosas in the oven for 20 minutes. Instant Bombay. Samosas are savory pockets of dough filled with vegetables or meat. They're usually deepfried, which makes for a crispy crust ... and a load of fat and calories. Kudos to Taj for figuring out how to make a baked version that keeps all the taste and almost none of the grease. Three to six grams of fat--none of them saturated--and about 160 calories are all you'll get from each three-ounce samosa sa·mo·sa n. A small fried turnover of Indian origin that is filled with seasoned vegetables or meat. [Hindi samos . We loved the Subzi Samosas' delicately spiced potatoes, carrots, onions, green peppers, and cauliflower cauliflower (kô`lĭflou'ər, käl`ĭ–), variety of cabbage, with an edible head of condensed flowers and flower stems. Broccoli is the horticultural variety (botrytis); both were cultivated in Roman times. , the Aloo Samosas' mild potatoes and green peas, and the Tofu Samosas' gentle garlic and ginger. If you're a poultry fan, try the yogurt and spice-filled Chicken Samosas. Taj adds just enough salt to bring out the flavor without cranking up the sodium, which ranges from 85 to 230 mg --about as good as frozen food gets. If you want some added kick, dip your samosas in the tangy tamarind tamarind (tăm`ərĭnd), tropical ornamental evergreen tree (Tamarindus indica) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to Africa and probably to Asia, but now widely grown in the tropics. chutney chut·ney n. A pungent relish made of fruits, spices, and herbs. [Hindi ca  n that comes in each box. Next stop, New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. . |
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