Frozen Snacks & Sides

Fried snacks are the reason most people keep something in the freezer. This part of our frozen department gathers the pastry snacks and quick sides that go from frozen to the table in about twenty minutes. Frozen samosas come as large Punjabi samosas, vegetable samosas, chana dal samosas and small cocktail samosas for a party platter. Frozen kachori are round, flaky pastries stuffed with spiced peas. Frozen sandwiches and wraps are ready-made and only need heating, and frozen coconut chutney sits alongside for dosa, idli and vada.

Samosas and kachori are best eaten hot with chutney. Keep tamarind and date chutney for the sweet and sour side and a green chutney for the heat, or make them into chaat with yoghurt, chopped onion, sev and a pinch of chaat masala. For a crunchy plate to go with them, add namkeen.

Cook pastry snacks straight from frozen, because thawing softens the pastry and lets the filling leak. A hot oven or an air fryer gives a crisp shell with little oil if you brush or spray the pastry first, and deep frying at a moderate heat gives the traditional blistered finish. Give them space on the tray so they crisp evenly, and check the filling is steaming hot before serving.

Store everything at -18°C and keep the bag well sealed so the pastry does not dry out. Anything that has defrosted should be cooked and eaten, not put back. Frozen coconut chutney thaws best overnight in the fridge and should be used within a day or two once thawed.