Gourmet Secrets: Popularly known as pilaf or pullau, the good old rice dish is called plov in Uzbekistan - Hindustan Times
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Gourmet Secrets: Popularly known as pilaf or pullau, the good old rice dish is called plov in Uzbekistan

Hindustan Times | ByKaren Anand
Apr 28, 2018 11:08 PM IST

Plov, served after salads and appetizers, is washed down with hot green tea in Uzbekistan

I can do without most carbs at a pinch, but a hot dish of any sort of rice whether it is simple dal-bhaat, a fluffy Chinese egg fried rice or an exquisite biryani, just makes me melt. I have already waxed eloquent about risotto in this column. Now to something nearer home – the pilaf, pullau or plov as I recently discovered on a trip to Uzbekistan.

Plov is served after the myriad of salads and appetisers very much like the Middle Eastern mezze
Plov is served after the myriad of salads and appetisers very much like the Middle Eastern mezze
The plov being cooked to perfection in the kitchen at Hyatt Regency Tashkent
The plov being cooked to perfection in the kitchen at Hyatt Regency Tashkent
Ingredients of plov
Ingredients of plov
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