Samsa

Samsa is made from plain or flaky dough, usually filled with chopped mutton, tail fat and onion, and baked stuck to the wall of a tandyr.

It may be triangular, square or round, and in season is also made with pumpkin, potato or greens; the samsa of Khiva and Samarkand's flaky samsa are especially famous.

Sold hot at street kiosks and bazaars, it differs from the similarly named Indian samosa in being baked in a tandyr rather than fried.