TAKE THE CHALLENGE!
Comedian, emcee and owner of Chilli Kadhai, Annalakshmi, practises for the POST Samoosa Challenge that will unfold on Saturday. It’s your last chance to enter!
WE ARE calling on all samoosaloving makers and eaters to let loose at our debut competition set to take place at the Al Ansaar Souk Trade Fair on December 23 at the Durban Exhibition Centre at 2pm.
The samoosa challenge comprises three categories, in which you can win R10 000 worth of prizes.
The first category is the Samoosa Filling Recipe. You would need to e-mail your creative, or authentic, samoosa filling halaal recipes to jaidene. moodley@inl.co.za. Based on the recipes, the judges will select 10 entrants. You would then need to make and take along 12 unfried samoosas to the venue – where it will be fried and presented to the judges. The person with the tastiest samoosa will win.
Category two is the Fold the Samoosa challenge where new contestants will pit their skills against each other.
For this, the pastry strips and filling will already be prepared and all you are required to do, is fold as many samoosas as you can in 90 seconds. But it has to be completely folded in a triangular shape and sealed. Judging will be based on quality and neatness.
To enter, SMS POSTFold to 33258 followed by your name and surname. The final category is the Fastest Samoosa Eater. Entrants will be chosen at the venue and will be given 90 seconds to feed your face with as many samoosas as you can muster. The closing date for all categories is today.
For the Samoosa Story, we are looking for the best and funniest samoosa experiences. The best story will feature in POST. Entries can be e-mailed to jaidene. moodley@inl. co.za by January 3 next year.
The sponsors include: JVS, Dawood, Spice Emporium and Al Ansaar SoukTrade Fair.
There will be fashion, lifestyle and food stalls at the souk and fun-fair rides for the kiddies. To commemorate its 20th anniversary, there are also loads of competitions and prizes up for grabs, including R150 000 in appliances, 22 exotic destination flight tickets, designer wrist watches, R20 000 in cash and a car.
The fair will run from December 22 to January 1 from midday to midnight.