In Portugal and Kenya, this savoury pastry is enjoyed as an entrée, appetizer or snack. It is a key part of East African food in Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, and takes its own local name in Angola and Goa. Which triangular South Asian snack is it?

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samosa. The samosa is a triangular fried or baked pastry traditionally filled with spiced potato or meat. Popular across South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia, it travelled with trade and diaspora routes to Portugal, East Africa (including Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda), the UK and the Caribbean.