Uzbekistan

Ask what Uzbekistan eats and the answer starts with this: silk Road heartland of plov, tandyr bread and teahouse culture; every region claims its own osh. Look for Plov (rice, lamb, carrots and cumin cooked in one kazan; UNESCO-listed osh), Samsa (tandoor-baked pastry of lamb, onion and tail fat) and Obi non (stamped tandyr bread rounds, never placed upside down). UNESCO inscribed Uzbek palov culture in 2016; it is cooked in a kazan, often by men, for weddings and guests. This atlas has 34 Uzbekistan dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.