A charity says the world's biggest samosa has been fed to homeless people in London.

The samosa, weighing in at 153kg made by staff at Muslim Aid was prepared, cooked and served up at the East London Mosque.

Temporary residents from nearby Booth House, run by the Salvation Army and the largest men’s hostel in London came to join in the fun and enjoy the food. 

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The challenge was dreamt up to draw attention to the generosity of Muslim people during religious festivals like Eid.

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A Guinness adjudicator awards certificate was presented to Muslim Aid's Foredul Islam.


Zac Hussain, Director of Communities and Business Development at Muslim Aid, said, “Everyone knows and loves a samosa.

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"We wanted to make a larger-than-ever version of this popular food to demonstrate visually how people of the Muslim faith work tirelessly throughout the year, and particularly during Eid, doing charitable acts to support the unfortunate in the community around them and further afield.

"The samosa will feed the homeless near our offices in London.  Meanwhile donations via Muslim Aid will feed hundreds of thousands in the developing world." 
  
The second of the two annual Eids, Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifice and also known as the greater of the two annual Eids, begins on Friday 1 September for three days.  

As part of the Muslim festival, people are expected to do good deeds and demonstrate generosity by providing food for the poor including performing the act of Qurbani, when they are required to donate meat to the poor.