Chebureki — Crimean Tatar Hand Pies
Crimean Tatars, descendants of Mongol-Tatar nomadic tribes, left a legacy of chebureki (plural; singular; cheburek), their special savory meat-filled hand pies wherever they lived in Central Asia, including Ukraine. Chebureki resemble other hand pies eaten worldwide such as British Cornish pasty, Latin American empanada, Middle Eastern börek, Indian samosa, Italian calzone and Ukrainian pyrizhki. While there appears to …