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Chuchvara is a very small dumpling typical of Uzbek cuisine. Made of unleavened dough squares filled with meat it is similar to the Russian pelmeni and the Chinese wonton but in observance of the Islamic dietary rules the meat filling is without pork. The dough for chuchvara is made with flour eggs water and salt unrolled in a layer 1—1.5 mm thick and cut into squares.