ichlekli
Turkmenistan · Central Asia
- Short description
- This covered meat pie bakes a savory onion-heavy filling between two thin layers of dough.
- Ingredients
- Wheat flour dough filled with lamb or beef, onion, black pepper, salt, oil, and water.
- Cultural note
- The dish is associated with portable, hearty cooking: a sealed crust protects the filling and concentrates its juices.
- Common misconception
- It is not an open flatbread; the filling is enclosed like a pie.
image credit
- creator:
- unknown
- source:
- Ayan Turkmenistan Travel
- license:
- unknown
- modified:
- Resized for Gochizu; temporary internal placeholder only.
audio credit
- voice:
- marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
- source:
- OpenAI API Text to Speech
- license:
- OpenAI API generated audio
- modified:
- AI-generated voice audio.