Uzbekistan recipes
Recipes from Uzbekistan: home cooking with cultural background, ingredient substitutes and step-by-step instructions.
Eastern Europe & Caucasus
Plov Recipe: Uzbekistan's National Lamb Pilaf
An authentic recipe for Uzbek plov (osh): rice layered over a zirvak base of meat, onion, and carrot and steamed. How to use a cast-iron pot, cut the carrots, keep the rice from sticking, and serve the garlic whole.
Eastern Europe & Caucasus
Manti: Uzbekistan's Big Steamed Lamb Dumplings
Manti are Central Asia's big steamed dumplings from the Silk Road. This Uzbek home recipe wraps hand-chopped lamb, plenty of onion and cumin in a handmade dough, with three ways to fold them plus a yogurt sauce and an optional tomato sauce.