One day, Khalil came home with some fish which his sister gave him. She lives nearby and her sons are fishing in the Caspian Sea.
The fish is called "takkaz". Turkmen make a deep-fried food called "burek". They boil the fish and some potatoes, squash and season it. With that filling, they make a kind of dumpling. Then deep-fry it. But because I used a shallow pan, it was not so successful this time. (It was a bit undercooked!)
The skin is made simply of flour and water but Khalil puts some eggs in it. The skin became crispy and I think it was much better than the ordinary Turkmen burek.
Ordinary burek has softer skin and it's a bit oilier. Both are good as a snack but I think there's a lack of balance in their diet when Turkmen eat burek solely at meal. I suppose the Japanese will not like to eat that way - five or six burek at once.