Dish · Jizzakh
Jizzakh samsa
Jizzakh’s culinary calling card: a large dome-shaped samsa made from three layers of dough, packed with lamb and tail fat and dipped in sunflower oil.
Culture
Food, crafts and tradition
Plov and tandoor bread, Rishtan ceramics and Margilan ikat silk, weddings and festivals — every region has its own flavours and crafts.
Plov (osh)Tashkent plovSamarkand plovBukhara plov and oshi sofiFergana plovKhorezm plovSamsaJizzakh samsaKabob (shashlik)Gijduvan kebabTandir kabob (tandoor lamb)Qozon kabobLagmanMantiChuchvaraSumalakHalimShurpaUgra oshi (noodle soup)DimlamaMastavaKazyAchichukUzbek bread (non)Samarkand nonPatir (Tashkent patir)QurtTukhum barakShivit oshiKarakalpak beshbarmak (turama)Juvari gurtikNo‘xat sho‘rak (chickpea stew)Novvot, parvarda and halvaDried fruit and nutsUzbek melonsNorin (naryn)Rishtan ceramicsGijduvan ceramicsMargilan atlas and adrasBukhara gold embroideryKhiva woodcarvingChust knivesChust doppi (skullcap)Samarkand paperSuzani and Bukhara embroideryNurata suzaniSamarkand and Urgut suzaniShahrisabz embroidery and the iroqi skullcapCarpet weavingCopper chasing (kandakorlik)Jewellery making (zargarlik)Karakalpak jewelleryGanch carvingTilework (koshinkorlik)Musical instrument makingThe Karakalpak yurt and feltNaqqoshlik, illumination and miniature paintingHospitality and the dastarkhanTea culture and the choyxonaThe Uzbek weddingBeshik to‘yi (cradle feast)The mahallaHasharNavruz customsShashmaqom and the maqom traditionBakhshi artLazgiAskiya, the art of witKatta ashula (‘great song’)KurashKupkari (ulak)National dressRamadan and iftarNasreddin Afandi anecdotesThe cultural space of BoysunNew YearDefenders of the Motherland DayInternational Women’s Day (8 March)Navruz holidayDay of Remembrance and HonourIndependence DayTeachers’ and Mentors’ DayConstitution DayRamazon hayiti (Eid al-Fitr)Qurbon hayiti (Eid al-Adha)
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Cuisine
From plov to samsa and sumalak: what to taste, where and how.
