Chiburekki
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Chebureki ( Cheburek) are deep-fried turnovers with a filling of ground or minced meat and onions. A popular street dish, they are made with a single round piece of dough folded over the filling in a crescent shape. They have become widespread in the former Soviet-aligned countries of Eastern Europe in the 20th century.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Chebureki
- Food.image
- Ayran+Çibörek.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 200px
- Food.caption
- Çibörek and ayran in a cafe
- Food.alternate_name
- Çibörek, çiğ börek
- Food.region
- Crimean Peninsula
- Food.creator
- Crimean Tatars
- Food.course
- Main course
- Food.main_ingredient
- Lamb or beef
- Food.calories
- 283
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Chebureki ( Cheburek) are deep-fried turnovers with a filling of ground or minced meat and onions. A popular street dish, they are made with a single round piece of dough folded over the filling in a crescent shape. They have become widespread in the former Soviet-aligned countries of Eastern Europe in the 20th century.
Chebureki is a national dish of Crimean Tatar cuisine. They are popular as a snack and street food throughout the Caucasus, West Asia, Central Asia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia, Eastern Europe, as well as in Turkey, Greece and Romania.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiburekki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.