Top must try traditional Uzbek food
Uzbek food lures back tourists and locals who have been away from home for a while. You must have already heard about Plov (pilaf, osh) – signature dish of Uzbekistan; we have compiled other 20+ names of the best must try Uzbek food. Below is the list of traditional local dishes list (take it as a check list, if you will).
Top-3 food to try in Uzbekistan
Palov (Osh)
Ingredients: moderately fat lamb, medium grain rice, carrot, cumin. Can be served with boiled eggs and kazy upon request.
Samsa
Ingredients: dough: milk, butter, flour;
Filling: lamb / beef / potato; Seasonally: greens / pumpkin.
Shashlik
Ingredients: lamb, beef, chicken, liver or ground beef. Served with thinly sliced onion.
Uzbek soups
Moshkhurda
Fried soup with mung beans
Ingredients: mung beans, rice, meat, onions, carrot, potatoes, tomatoes, fresh greens, salt and pepper.
Lagman
Ingredients: homemade noodle, lamb or beef, carrot, celery stalk, red sweet pepper, seasonal vegetables, garlic, cilantro.
Shurpa
Slow cooked soup
Ingredients: fresh lamb with bone, onion, tomato, carrot, green bell pepper, potatoes, chickpeas (optional), salt, pepper, cumin.
Kuza Shurpa
Ingredients: lamb on bone, carrot, green bell pepper, potato.
Mastava
Ingredients: beef, carrot, rice, potato, tomato (paste), cilantro. Garnished with sour cream.
Chuchvara
Ingredients: boiled dough filled with small portions of ground meat and onion.
Second Courses
Beshbarmak
Ingredients: homemade noodles, horse meat, lamb/beef. Usually served with broth and yogurt.
Tukhum Barak
Ingredients: plain dough, filling: eggs, milk, sunflower oil.
Available only in Khiva.
Dolma
Ingredients: grape leaves, grounded beef, rice.
Fried Lagman
Ingredients: beef, tomato, egg, homemade noodles, seasonal vegetables.
Kazan Kabob
Ingredients: lamb on bones, potato, oil.
Nohat Shorak
Ingredients: chick peas and meat. Served with broth and kazy.
Manti
Ingredients: beef or lamb, onion, ground black pepper, cumin. Many places offer variety of fillings: potato, chicken, pumpkin (seasonally).
Norin
Ingredients: beef or lamb, cumin, black pepper, egg (for dough), kazy. Usually served with broth.
Shivit Oshi
Ingredients: dill-infused noodles, topping: fried meat, potatoes, pepper, tomatoes, carrot. Served with sour cream.
Available only in Khiva.
Salads
Achichuk
Ingredients: tomato, cucumber, onion.
Vesenniy (spring) salad
Ingredients: plain yogurt, cucumber, red radish, greens. Although named spring, the salad is available from early spring till late autumn.
Suzma
Ingredients: drained plain yogurt, salt.
Cold soft drinks
Ayran
Ingredients: yogurt, sparkling or still water, salt.
Kompot
Ingredients: cooked fruits in a large volume of water, sugar.