Uzbek plov
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Uzbek plov is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Brooklyn. Rice simmered with meat, carrots and onions in a large pot. Start with where to eat Uzbek plov in Brooklyn.

Uzbek plov · Brooklyn

Rice simmered with meat, carrots and onions in a large pot. Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach ladles plov from enormous kazans at its hot bar, beside manti and samsa.

Plov, also called palov or osh, is the national dish of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan: rice simmered in a rich stew of meat and vegetables called zirvak until the liquid is absorbed. It is made on special occasions such as weddings, sometimes serving up to 1,000 people from a single cauldron. In Brighton Beach, shoppers come to Tashkent Supermarket for plov ladled from enormous kazans, and its hot-bar meals run $10 to $15.

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