Snack / Appetizer

2 viral, validated snack / appetizer recipes — each tested by a named editor in a real kitchen.

• Indian · 70 min · Medium

  Samosa — Crispy Spiced Potato Pastries

  The crisp, golden triangle loved across India and beyond: a flaky pastry shell wrapped around a spiced filling of potato, peas, cumin and ginger, deep-fried until shatteringly crunchy. Eaten by the millions as a teatime snack with tamarind and mint chutneys — the ultimate fried parcel.

• Brazilian · 85 min · Medium

  Coxinha — Brazilian Chicken Croquettes

  Brazil's №1 street snack: a teardrop-shaped croquette of soft dough wrapped around shredded, seasoned chicken (often with creamy catupiry), breaded and deep-fried until golden and crunchy. Shaped to look like a little chicken drumstick — 'coxinha' means 'little thigh' — they're the must-have at every Brazilian party, bakery and boteco.