A (, literally "meat pie") is an everyday Finnish food sold in supermarkets and often available ready-to-eat as street food. It is a form of savoury pie made from yeasted enriched bread dough and filled with a mixture of minced meat and cooked rice and cooked by deep frying. It does not resemble a traditional English or American meat pie or turnover because it is made of enriched bread dough and is deep fried. They are usually bought ready-cooked and are simply reheated in a microwave oven.
A larger and thicker form is also known as a . Two variants from Lappeenranta are and ("atom" and "hydrogen"), where atomi contains either ham or egg, and vety includes both.
Traditionally the pie is eaten whole. A contemporary way to have them is to split it in half and fill it with a frankfurter or some other type of sausage, or with kebab meat or some form of meat burger. They are generally served with ketchup, mustard and a relish similar to .
The term may also be used for a large rectangular turnover.
See also List of doughnut varieties List of fried dough varieties
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