How 3,000 Legendary Samsas Are Baked Daily In Uzbekistan | Big Batches

How 3,000 Legendary Samsas Are Baked Daily In Uzbekistan | Big Batches | Insider Food

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One of the most popular street foods in Uzbekistan is a pillowy pastry filled with minced meat, spices, onions, and sometimes vegetables. Known as samsas, these pastries come in all shapes and sizes and are always baked in vertical tandoor ovens. The result is a crispy and flaky outside layer that cocoons a steaming-hot meat center.
We visited Samsa Markazi, a popular restaurant in Namangan, Uzbekistan, that makes 20 different types of samsas and sells nearly 3,000 of them every weekend.
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@JJStarUSA Жыл бұрын

5:01 F for the lost Samsa

@ramisziatdinov6089 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@user-wk4ic5uq8q Жыл бұрын

))

@TheCosta5000 Жыл бұрын

I saw that too

@amyr.862 Жыл бұрын

The one that got away 🤣

@ditobear Жыл бұрын

nooooooo

@Rvj.12 Жыл бұрын

Here is a interesting fact (hope you pin this) those who work on tandoor don’t have hairs on their hand because of high heat their hair on hand got burned.

@dEc0dEnT Жыл бұрын

For me the best part of a good samsa is the variety of textures. The meat is soft and chewy in a good way, it's fragrant and juicy, the dough is crispy and layered, the broth (if there's any) is fat, and rich in taste. And it's quite healthy because there's barely any oil, it's not fried, plus on the side you have a traditional cucumber and tomato salad which tastes like no other veggies and it glows with freshness.

@VARMOT123 Жыл бұрын

Always felt something similar and close to food culture with central Asia as an Indian. Would love to visit Uzbekistan

@alexmercer664 Жыл бұрын

Try Uzbekian plov and samsas it's very good,and different from other food

@thehumanoid6543 Жыл бұрын

Most of central Asia(pakistan, afghanistan and some of uzbekistan) was always a part of India before the mughals et al came in. Hence the migration of samsas to India as samosas. In fact IVC extended till the borders of Afghanistan.

@sheezy2526 5 ай бұрын

@@thehumanoid6543Nope, not even India was part of India. It was a collection of kingdoms, like all the countries in Europe. Otherwise you would all have one language instead you have like 3 billion. What you are seeing now is remnants of British India

@Zhangmengxing3236 Жыл бұрын

WOW this should not be viewed with an empty belly passed midnight... I love the fact that meat stuffed baked breads are like a universal standard of hearty good food, almost every culture in every continent has a variety of it. Even places where people don't eat wheat you can find it done with another starchy substitute. And they tastes so damn good. We have that similar oven too, it's legendary for baking if you love crust.

@anathem01 Жыл бұрын

While I have not tried a Samsa (yet), I have tried Uzbek food before (in NYC), and it is fantastic. The combination of flavors, the perfect spice levels, and the freshness blew me away. I have been craving it ever since. These Samsas look amazing, I don't know how I would be able to choose just one to try!

@kumquatmagoo Жыл бұрын

As a man from northern England, and an international pie lover, this looks phenomenal. The love for pie is just one more thing we have in common 😃

@LovelyLittleLillies Жыл бұрын

Samsa is not a pie. If it's cooked like a pie then it's diverging from traditional recipe. It's more like a dumpling that's baked or meat pastry

@edwardjosephx Жыл бұрын

@@LovelyLittleLillies kind of like a pie tbh

@neojng Жыл бұрын

would you eat horse meat?

@elsosa7863 Жыл бұрын

@@neojng An Indian would turn around and ask you would you eat cow meat?

@neojng Жыл бұрын

@elSOSA no I wouldn't, I wouldn't eat any meat.

@Chefinator72 Жыл бұрын

30 year chef. Never had Uzbek food, now I have to find some.

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@unpeudevin3837 Жыл бұрын

pls do!

@Serkanbah Жыл бұрын

looks delicious, Türkiye'den kardeşlerimize selamlar.

@Vablonsky Жыл бұрын

Seeing how the samsas are made from dough to oven was fascinating. In the United States, nothing is cooked in such a manner. Sticking dough onto the walls of an earthen oven...outdoors. Where customers can watch the process. And, of course, the final product is alluring and delicious. A flaky exterior with succulent, juicy meat. Wow. One day, if I am so lucky, I want to try a samsa for myself.

@Klaudiuszeg Жыл бұрын

Lets begin with a question, which restaurant starts a day with fresh ingredients and batches every single day? Not many for sure, most of them use freezers and cant store food properly The guys in the video put some hard work every single day and make food like it is home made. The difference is just so big, they would be called a star michelin in the west.

@fora1461 Жыл бұрын

search for Uzbek or Uygur restaurants in maps you may find in the area you are in. They make the small one with lamb or beef. most of them baking them in oven but still good.

@Shred_Tube Жыл бұрын

Brick Oven baked pizza is very similar. You get to watch it cook at the restaurant too

@Vablonsky Жыл бұрын

@@fora1461 Good idea and a good point. I should probably do that.

@Vablonsky Жыл бұрын

@@Shred_Tube I never considered that. But, I guess, you're right. A brick oven pizza does seem like it might be similar. And, I haven't had a brick oven pizza in a loooonnnnggg time.

@pacificsword1632 Жыл бұрын

As an Indian this is fimiliar and yet not.. tandoors and samosas are both common but not together. We even have dough and meat cooked in tandoors of a similar nature, but not like this :) Looks tasty

@bladekhaira Жыл бұрын

tasty? indians eats beef?

@theproblem9938 Жыл бұрын

@@bladekhaira india is a country. your getting mixed up with religion. Hindus and sikhs do not eat beef. Their are muslim and christian indians who can eat beef.

@erabhikdasgupta Жыл бұрын

@@theproblem9938 Hindus used to eat until they started to get infected from beef products. They understood infected beef was causing people to get brain disease and hence was banned. Rig veda has analogies of eating cows while later ayurveda chapters bans from eating it for the above reasons. It was also seen that loving cows gave them resistance from many deadly diseases and hence the culture of cow loving came knto picture. Hundreds of years later, it is the same love for cows that Edward Jenner saw. He observed that while entire town was getting attacked by smallpox, it affect a single person who tended the cows and cared for them. This led to the discovery of vaccinations. Some rules in religions were creates because of hypothesis. These never got proved in those era but hypothesis lead to cetain conclusion being made which further lead to brilliant scientific discoveries. The problem with knowledge getting linked to religions leads to this problem. No one goes to find the root cause because apparently wveryone keeping a cow was solving the problem 😂

@lucinae8510 Жыл бұрын

Growing up South Asian cuisine , I am learning a lot recently about how most of it is inspired by Persian and Central Asian cuisine. I need to eventually visit Uzbekistan to see the originals!

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@DespothLord Жыл бұрын

its not persion its Ottoman.

@khaganigasimov4044 Жыл бұрын

@@DespothLord Lucinae was talking about samosas. Also interestingly, all the rice dishes in South Asia are somehow influenced by Iranian cuisine.

@thendino1 Жыл бұрын

You re incorrect. Many things India has produced has been hijacked by other cultures and culturally appropriated. Look at Zero and ancient medical texts! The same applies to food. Basmati rice is grown in India for 1000's of years as well as Jasmine rice. Even this video tried to make it seem as Tandoor was invented elsewhere, when it has been documented that the oldest example example of a tandoor oven was found in Indus valley civilization! In India , the use of oil to make Samosa is due to time and efficiency. It's not practical to have a Tandoor for street food. South Indian, Orissa, Bengali, Northeastern cuisine has zero influence! Only parts of north India and amongst Muslim communities show such influence due to historical invasions.

@thendino1 Жыл бұрын

@@khaganigasimov4044 Not true. The rice dishes are Indian based. Basmati is grown in bulk and variety in India. Iran rice production is nothing and their climate could never support enough production for their population. It has always been exported by South Asia in bulk. The influence is from the Islamic Kingdoms that tried to make inroads into the subcontinent and force Persian influence. Look at Urdu vs Hindi for example....

@SilentReflection101 Жыл бұрын

I want to fly across the world for a handful of those. I'm practically chewing my phone just watching this.

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@AmikLanfranco Жыл бұрын

Same!! They look so tasty

@riderrwalker924 Жыл бұрын

its 200km away from me, I can send you one)

@riderrwalker924 Жыл бұрын

But it wont be nearly same if it is not freshly taken from tandir

@faran_iqbal Жыл бұрын

same 😄

@nelchnelch Жыл бұрын

Very clean comparing to India and Pakistan 😂

@firstname__lastname Жыл бұрын

Wow. And hear I thought I'd seen almost all the types of meat with dough pastries and pies... This looks absolutely delicious!

@staytight6340 Жыл бұрын

Samosa

@Winterstorm137 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s not 😂

@aaroncapricorn5867 Жыл бұрын

i'd put the filling in a grinder

@Winterstorm137 Жыл бұрын

@@aaroncapricorn5867 they always have non stop power cuts in Namangan. They wouldn’t be able to grind it everyday.

@bonjour7320 Жыл бұрын

@@Winterstorm137 manual grinder

@pritpalsngh Жыл бұрын

Ah.. the ancestor of Samosas 🥲

@ABhattacharya Жыл бұрын

Samosas ancestry lies in sambusaka...similar.

@ranjanbiswas3233 4 ай бұрын

No Samosa's origin is Portuguese.

@JMStrobelful Жыл бұрын

I'd love to visit uzbekistan, these food videos are amazing

@temptemp4174 Жыл бұрын

Love to Uzbekistan from Pakistan ❤️

@XenXenOfficial Жыл бұрын

Almost perished seeing a Samsas drop at 5:02

@danq.5140 Жыл бұрын

I've watched many videos on samsas and it's quite mesmerizing. Some day I'll get to taste it for myself.

@sa99miy Жыл бұрын

The food looks delicious, central Asia has a lot of beautiful culture and traditions.

@khasanalij Жыл бұрын

Yes. It is my homeland. Wonderful Uzbekistan

@khasanalij Жыл бұрын

@@MegaArshak there are different types of samsas. Starting from around 40cents to around 6 US$

@Aeybiseediy Жыл бұрын

Is it considered expensive for locals?

@khasanalij Жыл бұрын

The one that's 40 cents isn't but 6$ samsa is quiet expensive for the locals so you cannot afford to buy it everyday. It's much bigger as well

@private_world Жыл бұрын

@@Aeybiseediy not so much

@khasanalij Жыл бұрын

@Herry Susanto Are you really serious?! No one in the world fasts like a Muslim does. I dare you to fast for at least 3 days in a row. We do it for at least 30 days every year!

@uumuu Жыл бұрын

That looks legitimately incredible wow

@timtim3070 Жыл бұрын

Обожаю эту кухню!

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@zzizahacallar Жыл бұрын

Great report. I love watching the history of foods

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@animusdx Жыл бұрын

Uzbekistan seems like an interesting melting pot. A lot of the people look to be a mix of various ethnicities. You have Middle Eastern + Eastern European + East Asian mixing in some of these people it looks like. Very cool.

@lambert801 Жыл бұрын

Eastern European?

@RogueSystem087 Жыл бұрын

... holy crap Uzbekistan people y'all eating like gods, the food looks sooo awesomeeeeeee

@Mikey-xz4vn Жыл бұрын

Dough, meat, onions, spices. The four essential food groups represented 🤤

@Aznprada Жыл бұрын

2:23 my man's got flies flying around... for all the effort that's gone in to the appearance of food sanitation, this is how to get a lot of people sick from one man's cooking!

@ProfessorFatMan Жыл бұрын

RIP to the samsa that falls at 5:00

@private_world Жыл бұрын

no ı thınk they picked it up, washed and sticked it again

@abdulachik Жыл бұрын

i wanna visit uzbekistan! everything i see from there looks amazing

@defaultworkouts Жыл бұрын

I would like to build a skateboard park there, would be fun for young people to hang out there

@Roz390 Жыл бұрын

Incredible! So innovative, I hope to try soon!

@scottyboy6269 Жыл бұрын

Horse meat.....mmmmmmm

@fma1cr Жыл бұрын

Greeting from Kazakhstan :) I love Usbekistani food.

@bg_x6558 Жыл бұрын

oh my gosh.. they look so delicious!!

@elluisito000 Жыл бұрын

This looks awesome 👌

@boathousejoed1126 Жыл бұрын

The voice is instantly recognized, Claudia!

@darkjanggo Жыл бұрын

5:01 RIP, brave little samsa

@MoonHashira. Жыл бұрын

Man this looks really good

@HFC786 Жыл бұрын

The bread and plov are synonymous with Uzbekistan

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@kevykev555 Жыл бұрын

Wow that looks delicious, Would love to try one day

@anuraaggad Жыл бұрын

This looks delicious. The one with cheese must be so good.

@Pawzeez92 Жыл бұрын

I love how Claudia says cucumbers so Italian 🥰

@wellnessinsider Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Looking delicious! ❤

@triathlete_by Жыл бұрын

Tasty!

@andrzejwaszkewicz3822 Жыл бұрын

We love samsa very much!

@JusticeUS11Bang Жыл бұрын

I need samsas in my life. Looks delicious.

@thehangmansdaughter1120 Жыл бұрын

My god, that looks delicious, especially the ones with cheese. The large ones would do my whole family for dinner.

@gavlatennis2824 Жыл бұрын

Wow those look delicious!

@mirkomilxudoynazarov3959 Жыл бұрын

It is really interesting to watch videos about our country. That is really attractive video 😍 Actually we don't eat too much meat. There are a lot of food that contains so much meat. However, these kinds of big samsa are usually eaten by high income class members in Uzbekistan. Sometimes middle income class families also eat these foods for enjoy. Many people are not ready to spend 6$to this delicious meals as it costs too much. Because of inflation, spending 6$ is just like spending 60$ for us. Besides our typical somsa is little smaller. But we really like this food and buy it twice or three times a month

@alistairdimmick2886 8 ай бұрын

I heard Uzbeks eat a lot of meat, what kind of foods do the common people eat?

@iambehryz3421 Ай бұрын

@@alistairdimmick2886 in statistics we eat much less than other countries

@martinmullender-taeter5163 Жыл бұрын

tried it, its freaking amazing

@pvtmalo3217 Жыл бұрын

Looks delicious!

@AmrMuhammadR Жыл бұрын

Msh'Allah, Samsa s looking delicious = ) The food's variety in Uzbekistan is remarkable, I'm feeling hungry already

@sheezy2526 5 ай бұрын

Do u have to praise the invisible skydaddy for everything? U do that when u poop too?

@gregorybeattie Жыл бұрын

We love Claudia's voice, but we like to see her too!

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@mr.biscuits2160 Жыл бұрын

My father immigrated from Uzbekistan to Israel (as a Jew, during harsh soviet rule) and since he introduced to me the Samsas I get to eat those every week. They are delicious ! Uzbek food always takes the cake

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@user-uk5cq2xq7e Жыл бұрын

נייס

@mr.biscuits2160 Жыл бұрын

@@user-uk5cq2xq7e אכן בהחלט

@martinvanburen4578 Жыл бұрын

seems kind of gross

@Aeybiseediy Жыл бұрын

You should go back to uzbek

@healthytalk666 Жыл бұрын

Indeed! Looks very delicious...

@worgenfreemanms5645 Жыл бұрын

They look amazing now my mouth is watering

@Paulxl Жыл бұрын

That food looks amazing.

@qwertdwlrma Жыл бұрын

That looks really delicious

@protopigeon Жыл бұрын

Man these look delicious, some great skill on the tandoor ovens, and I love horsemeat!

@YoutubeBobr Жыл бұрын

Узбекская кухня одна из лучших в мире. Плов, самса, шашлыки... скатайтесь один раз в Ташкент вместо Турции.

@dogbert52 Жыл бұрын

Looks amazing

@MrVoronoi Жыл бұрын

beautiful!!

@appliedmechanical8790 Жыл бұрын

The way she said cucumber 🥰.

@Monster-gr8on Жыл бұрын

looks scrumptious

@UnknownRex Жыл бұрын

I like how the delux is just "all the things" :)

@liddiattgareth Жыл бұрын

This looks lovely

@sunrise3154 Жыл бұрын

Love somsa, it is considered as a fast food in our region

@goofytuna6077 Жыл бұрын

God this looks so good. I just wish one plopped right into my lap right now

@Bergen98 Жыл бұрын

As Russian who ate an astonishing amount of all the post-Soviet food - Uzbeks are only rivaled by Georgians. Samsa's are seriously life savers after long and busy days at university

@albusdumbledore9311 Жыл бұрын

In India, we have similar dish called "Samosas"

@shadmanov Жыл бұрын

Babur came from Uzbekistan with all food and traditions

@abduraaahim Жыл бұрын

Samosas too😁😁😁

@RaptorJesus. Жыл бұрын

its always amazing seeing stuff stick to the walls of a tandoor like that :P

@Radioroom91 Жыл бұрын

Looks so good

@mohammedarif761 Жыл бұрын

Delicious 😋😋😋😋

@Woozlewuzzleable Жыл бұрын

Yum, I'm glad this series and Claudia are back.

@FOODBF Жыл бұрын

wow your comment is very very nice

@HairFollicle Жыл бұрын

Even though ive eaten samosas my whole life the samsa is on my bucket list

@josephcornejo2288 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@Sjalabais Жыл бұрын

Fantastisc!

@dekytay5593 Жыл бұрын

Look delicious 🤤

@PolishFatBoy Жыл бұрын

Samsas are one of my fev food

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@louderfasterheavier4912 Жыл бұрын

OMG, what a delicious and healthy food!!! Put this place on my travel list!

@Rihardololz Жыл бұрын

Delicious yes but Healthy...questionable at best.

@cntnk55 Жыл бұрын

@@Rihardololz its health, just more fat than regular food. i live in uzbekistan and its a lot healthier than burger or hot dog. u eat pure meat inside bread

@Rihardololz Жыл бұрын

@@cntnk55 Red meat is not healthy despite how pure it is, i still would eat it but in moderation.

@alexisdetocqueville9964 Жыл бұрын

Can we get an F for the samsa that fell on the ground @ 5:00

@ImperialsArmy1 Жыл бұрын

YOOO Let me get most of that, cause that look hella good.

@groMMit1981 Жыл бұрын

I need to visit Uzbekistan , looks delivious.

@shikinfo Жыл бұрын

When she said his name I thought I needed subtitles Beautiful world 🌍🌍

@Charlotte66666 Жыл бұрын

They look delicious 😋

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@AustrianTutorialHD Жыл бұрын

nope

@jasonvoorhees5640 Жыл бұрын

you know they have horse meat in them right?

@abbosrustamov1284 Жыл бұрын

@@jasonvoorhees5640 Not all of them, it depends on what you prefer. It's like saying all the pizza has pineapple just because one recipe does.

@vaper1986 Жыл бұрын

I want to try some.

@Ded-Miron Жыл бұрын

language is almost Turkish. Incredible.

@TheGeneralMod Жыл бұрын

I can see how they are able to sell so many... They look so good

@Colombianista2412 Жыл бұрын

looks delicious

@robyrcmp Жыл бұрын

Saddened that our beautiful host never made an on camera appearance. Maybe next time we will once more be so blessed.

@TifaTakeuchi Жыл бұрын

Never heard the word cucumbers pronounced like that before, interesting.

@outofredbullagain5820 Жыл бұрын

This made me run to get a snack.

@kcvriess Жыл бұрын

I live in Europe. Yes, seeing horse meat is a bit rare, but it's still easily available. I don't understand the controversy. It's meat and it tastes good...

@voidbluefox2376 Жыл бұрын

What part do you live? It's common in the Netherlands

@reezyb Жыл бұрын

so good

@josuemanuelparejacontreras6004 Жыл бұрын

What is with business insider and Uzbekistan?? This is like the 4th video about this country cousinne and I am already very hungry, everything looks amazing !!!!