<p class="title">Popular Indian snack samosa with Kashmiri chilli chicken fillings has beaten chocolate, cashew nuts and other exotic entries in a first such contest in South Africa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The contest was organised by the largest national newspaper for the Indian community in South Africa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Among the various entries in the competition were samosas that featured almonds and cashews drizzled with chocolate; chocolate covered in edible glitter; Margherita pizza filling and chicken jalapeno.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The South African Indian speciality samosa (also referred to as samoosa) is a deep-fried flat version of the traditional Punjabi snack, filled with a variety of savoury or sweet treats in a crispy pastry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Salma Agjee won the contest organised by the weekly Post, after her daughter submitted her recipe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I love cooking and always believe in taking a recipe a step further by adding a twist to it," Agjee was quoted as saying by the news paper.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"My filling was my own invention based on what I had initially made as a chicken sandwich for my children. The chicken was cooked with Kashmiri chilli powder, then I added two types of cheese, mozzarella and gouda, and mayonnaise," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There were also two other sections of the competition, which was held at a public fair in Durban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grandmother Roxana Naseem, 63, who has been running a samosa-making business for several decades, showed her skill to beat others by filling 10 samosas in under 60 seconds in a neat stack.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the third section of the contest, Ebrahim Bux, 18, bagged the title of the 'fastest samosa eater' when he wolfed down 10 samosas in a minute. </p>
<p class="title">Popular Indian snack samosa with Kashmiri chilli chicken fillings has beaten chocolate, cashew nuts and other exotic entries in a first such contest in South Africa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The contest was organised by the largest national newspaper for the Indian community in South Africa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Among the various entries in the competition were samosas that featured almonds and cashews drizzled with chocolate; chocolate covered in edible glitter; Margherita pizza filling and chicken jalapeno.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The South African Indian speciality samosa (also referred to as samoosa) is a deep-fried flat version of the traditional Punjabi snack, filled with a variety of savoury or sweet treats in a crispy pastry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Salma Agjee won the contest organised by the weekly Post, after her daughter submitted her recipe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I love cooking and always believe in taking a recipe a step further by adding a twist to it," Agjee was quoted as saying by the news paper.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"My filling was my own invention based on what I had initially made as a chicken sandwich for my children. The chicken was cooked with Kashmiri chilli powder, then I added two types of cheese, mozzarella and gouda, and mayonnaise," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There were also two other sections of the competition, which was held at a public fair in Durban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grandmother Roxana Naseem, 63, who has been running a samosa-making business for several decades, showed her skill to beat others by filling 10 samosas in under 60 seconds in a neat stack.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the third section of the contest, Ebrahim Bux, 18, bagged the title of the 'fastest samosa eater' when he wolfed down 10 samosas in a minute. </p>