Cheese Sambusak From India - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 cups flour
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon sugar
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    3 ounces butter or 3 ounces margarine, sliced
    1/2 cup cold water
    4 ounces kashkaval, mozzarella or 4 ounces cheddar cheese
    4 ounces feta cheese
    1 large egg
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
Preparation
    Mix first 4 ingredients together.
    Cut in the butter and mix with your fingers or a pastry cutter until it resembles coarse meal.
    Add the water a little at a time until you have a moist, workable dough. Knead for 2 minutes. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
    Blend the cheeses, the egg and the pepper in a food processor until blended but not to the cosistency of a smooth paste. You want more of a chunky paste. Put in bowl and refrigerate 1 hour.
    Divide the dough into walnut size pieces. You should get about 20. Roll each one into a round ball and then roll out into a 4 inch pancake shape.
    Place 1 heaping tsp of the cheese filling on the bottom half of the circle. Moisten the edge of the bottom half and fold the top half over onto it, to form a half-moon shape. Press the edges firmly with the tine of a fork.
    Place the turnovers on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake in a 375 degree oven for 30 minute or until light brown.
    Serve warm or at room temperature.

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