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Uzbek Samsa

↳ from Samarkand, Uzbekistan

A baked pastry of spiced lamb and onion cooked on the walls of a clay oven (tandoor), a classic Uzbek snack.

History

Samsa came with the Silk Road and is similar to the Indian samosa. Samarkand's version has fat lamb and onion.

Ingredients

  • Flour
  • Lamb and lamb fat
  • Onion
  • Cumin
  • Black pepper
  • Butter
  • Egg
  • Nigella seeds

How it's made

  1. Make a layered dough with oil
  2. Chop lamb, fat and onion with spices
  3. Fold into triangles
  4. Brush with egg and sprinkle seeds
  5. Bake against the walls of a tandoor until golden

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