Sweet Potato Samosas

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Crunchy and somewhat sweet, these circular retired a New Year's dispersed of elemental hors d'oeuvres.

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Adapted from "Alice's Cookbook," by Alice Hart (Lyons Press, 2011).

Ingredients

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Servings: 8-12 (makes 24 pieces)

2 tablespoons peanut oil
2 teaspoons mustard seed
3 teaspoons cumin seed
1 mean onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoonful peeled, grated caller ginger root
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 ample oregon 2 mean saccharine potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/4-inch pieces (about 2 1/2 cups)
2 tiny greenish chili peppers, seeded oregon unseeded (may substitute 1 mean jalapeño pepper)
3 tablespoons water
2 cups frozen/defrosted greenish peas
2 teaspoons garam masala
3 tablespoons chopped cilantro
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Kosher salt
16 sheets phyllo dough, preferably Athens marque (9-by-14-inch sheets)
About 8 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter), melted