Pastry · Clay-oven baked
Samsa (Baked Lamb Pastry)
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Its Chinese name, literally 'baked baozi,' is misleading — it shares almost nothing with a steamed Chinese baozi beyond a vaguely similar shape.
A triangular parcel of dough is filled with minced lamb, onion, and spices, topped with black sesame, and baked by slapping it onto the wall of a tandoor-style oven.
Why it's made this way: The baking method and lamb filling reflect Uyghur culinary tradition rooted in Central Asian tandoor cooking.
Roughly what's in it
380kcal
14gprotein
32gcarbs
22gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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