{"id":6660,"date":"2016-04-30T11:04:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T23:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascensionkitchen.com\/?p=6660"},"modified":"2018-04-18T17:25:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T05:25:39","slug":"raw-coconut-samosas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ascensionkitchen.com\/raw-coconut-samosas\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Coconut Samosas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today my friends, we are making healthy samosas. No pastry, no deep frying! <\/p>\n
The wrappers for these are made with pure, raw coconut flesh, cleverly blended to a smooth paste and evenly dried into a pliable wrapper. I first discovered them on my Raw Foods Training<\/a> in Bali, and have been dreaming about them ever since. <\/p>\n There is so much you can do with the humble coconut – it just blew my mind that you could make soft wraps with the fresh flesh! They make 'samosas' soft in texture, slightly sweet, and a lovely muted pink tone. Stuff them with the turmeric potatoes<\/a> from last week’s recipe and you’re onto a winner - especially when you consider these are a totally healthy, gluten free alternative to the traditional recipe. <\/p>\n [bctt tweet=\"Make your own Raw Coconut Wraps and turn them into healthy Samosas! Recipe here.\"]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although it’s quite a simple recipe, it can be a bit messy and require a bit of muscle. You’ll need to source a good handful of coconuts, crack them open, collect and save the liquid, then scoop out the flesh. From there, you blend the flesh with a little of the coconut water if needed, and spread evenly over a dehydrator tray to dry.<\/p>\n A few pointers:<\/strong><\/p>\n The cheat’s way to open a coconut: place inside multiple plastic bags, twist, then literally take a big swing and whack it hard on a concrete flooring outside. There’s no chance of reserving the liquid, but the nut will crack open fairly easily after a few good hits. Note: be prepared for a bit of mess!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Last week I shared a simple recipe for some Turmeric Roasted Potatoes<\/a>. This makes for the perfect filling in these samosas, with a few little extra additions:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These healthy samosas are yummy served with a simple green salad. As an alternative to the spiced and Roasted Turmeric Potato<\/a> filling, you could try a raw curried cauliflower ‘rice’.<\/p>\n I hope you enjoy experimenting – there are so many cool things you can do with these wrappers – you can even dye them naturally with a tablespoon of fresh spinach, carrot or beet juice. If you were to make sandwich wraps with them, you could also sprinkle a few fennel seeds and fresh herbs over the top before dehydrating.<\/p>\n Lauren x<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\nHow to make raw coconut wraps<\/h2>\n
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The perfect Samosa filling<\/h2>\n
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The final recipe<\/h2>\n
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