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Samosas, sambusas

Popular pastry street food, the sambusas of Ethiopian market Addisu Gebeya at 2202 18th Street NW, made with crisp phyllo-like pastry and filled with a spicy lentil mix, gives most other over-the-counter samosas a good run for their money. The small shop has a wide range of spices, lentils and pulses, aenjera and ambaasha breads, as well as incense, music tapes, books, some clothing and artifacts. Call 202 986 6013. In  the frozen cabinet at Shemali's in the Foxhall Medical Building on3100 New Mexico Ave NW, you will find packets of frozen potato and pea samosas for deep frying - excellent for parties. Most Indian groceries sell home-mde samosas.
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Daily Spices - one of my favorite markets - 26 Aug 2009

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It seems every country in the world has its portable, pastry-wrapped snack, from England's Cornish Pasty to Jamaica's patties, with tiropitakia from Greece, Indian samosas, Russian pierogi, and pork shui mai buns from China in between. read more...

Samosas, sambusas - 27 Nov 2007

Some of the best foods come in small packages, from the Cornish pasty and Russian pierogi, to the sambusas of Ethiopia and samosas of India. read more...

Ethiopian markets - 14 Nov 2007

There is a large Ethiopian community in Washington, and a number of Ethiopian restaurants around the Adams Morgan area. There you'll also find some small but good Ethiopian groceries. read more...

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