 Çibörek andayran in a cafe | |
| Alternative names | Çibörek, çiğ börek |
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| Course | Main course |
| Region or state | Crimean Peninsula |
| Created by | Crimean Tatars[1] |
| Main ingredients | Lamb orbeef |
| 283 kcal (1,180 kJ) | |
Chebureki[a] (sg.Cheburek) are deep-friedturnovers with a filling of ground or minced meat and onions.[2] A popular street dish, they are made with a single round piece of dough folded over the filling in a crescent shape.[3] They have become widespread in the former Soviet-aligned countries ofEastern Europe in the 20th century.
Chebureki is a national dish ofCrimean Tatar cuisine.[1] They are popular as a snack and street food throughout theCaucasus,West Asia,Central Asia,Lithuania,Latvia,Estonia,Ukraine,Russia,Eastern Europe,[1][3] as well as inTurkey,[4]Greece andRomania.
A cheburek is a half-round-shapedbörek, filled with a very thin layer ofground beef,poultry meat,lamb or basically any ground meat which has been seasoned with ground onion and black pepper.
The dough is made of flour, water (usually of abaker percentage of ~50%), salt, and oil. It is soft and pliable, but not sticky. It is separated into small balls and each is rolled out with a thin rolling pin. Additional flour is added only as needed to prevent the dough from sticking.[5][6]
The meat fill is layered thinly enough that it will cook fully in the sealed half-moon pocket.
Finally, the whole is fried in oil (usuallysunflower oil orcorn oil) until the dough becomes golden.
Among Crimean Tatars, the pastry is referred to as Şırbörek, Çiborek, and other phonologically similar derivations of these words. From old-Turkic, börek means pastry, and the Şır- morpheme is an onomatopoeia of the sizzling sounds created while frying the pastry. The “Çi-” part derives from the Turkic word “iç” meaning “inside” or “within” as the stuffing is inside/within the cooked bread.
In modern Turkish, the name is written asçiğ börek, a corruption of the Crimean Tatar name based on afalse etymology associating the first part of the name withçiğ, literally meaning "raw." In contrast to dishes such asçiğ köfte (raw meatballs),çiğ börek is a cooked dish that more closely resemblesiçli köfte. It is very popular, especially inEskişehir.[4]
Originally a Crimean Tatar dish, chebureki became popular in other regions of the former USSR.
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