RECIPE: Dushanbe sambusa with chickpea, spinach and mint by Caroline Eden
“Flaky and buttery samsa, Central Asia’s beloved turnovers, are known in Tajikistan as sambusa. Elsewhere in the region fillings are typically beef, lamb, pumpkin, spinach or potatoes but in Dushanbe there are chickpea ones and in the springtime, herb-filled variations,” explains food writer Caroline Eden.