Uzbekistan's beloved national dish, plov, is widely believed to have aphrodisiac qualities and so it's traditionally eaten on Thursdays – a popular day for conceiving children. Plov – a medley ...

In Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital ... The air fills with aromas of frying meat and vegetables, all blanketed in rice that steams atop the other ingredients. This is plov, a hearty pilaf that ...

Choose from items such as vaguri (roasted lamb on the bone), shish kebabs, gyros or, of course, plov, an Uzbek rice pilaf with lamb and vegetables. Lagman soup at The Plove, in Fairfield I suggest ...

In Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital ... The air fills with aromas of frying meat and vegetables, all blanketed in rice that steams atop the other ingredients. This is plov, a hearty pilaf that ...

An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. Rice is a pillar of Uzbekistan’s agriculture and cuisine. The climate crisis affecting the region’s two main rivers ...