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Four ways to eat a samosa in the Bay Area
Omar Mamoon
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The hearty baked samsa of Halal Dastarkhan in S.F. is accompanied by a mild tomato-based sauce.Omar Mamoon / Special to The Chronicle
In America, samosas the crispy, deep-fried, often potato-filled pastry largely get associated with Indian cuisine; it’s a common snack at neighborhood restaurants, including those in the Bay Area. But samosas actually came to India in the 1300s from Central Asia, where they’re known as samsa (named after pyramids there), and you’ll find different versions and variants all around the world. In the Maldives, people eat bajiyaa that are often filled with fish, and in the Middle East there are the semicircular sambousek, filled with meats or cheese.