Pastries

Samsa

Самса

Kazakhstan

Samsa is a Kazakh tandoor-baked pastry filled with meat, onions, or pumpkin, with a browned shell surrounding a juicy interior.

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Samsa sticker illustration

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What it is

A closer look at Samsa.

Samsa is a Kazakh tandoor-baked pastry filled with meat, onions, or pumpkin, with a browned shell surrounding a juicy interior.

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

Look for Samsa: the tandoor-baked pastry should have a browned shell around a filling of meat, onions, or pumpkin and a juicy interior.

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Samsa.

Native to

Kazakhstan

Country-wide tradition

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Traditional in

Turkmenistan

Country-wide tradition

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Traditional in

Kyrgyzstan

Country-wide tradition

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

Samsaprimary
Samsalocal · 🇹🇲
Самсаlocal · 🇰🇿
Самсаlocal · 🇰🇬

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