Traditional Uzbek Cuisine In A Local Tashkent Home

The journey, in full

Meal Description: Meet your host Dilnoza at her home. When you arrive, you will be greeted with and participate in a ceremonial handwashing tradition. Dilnoza welcomes you into her home where you will enjoy a welcome drink of green or black tea and Uzbek snacks like dried fruit compote and slices of kazi, a traditional smoked meat snack or Kurt, cheese. Next, gather around a traditional Uzbeki dining table, located low to the ground. Your traditional meal includes bread, a salad of tomato, cucumber, onion and basil in a lemon dressing and a main of palov, a traditional Uzbek dish of slow-cooked meat, rice, vegetables, and spices. Your meal will conclude with a local sweet like halva, pashmak (candy floss) or kazinaki. On days that her husband and children are home, they will join you for your meal. Cooking Description: Join your host Dilnoza at a small home kitchen to learn to cook an authentic home-cooked Uzbek meal from recipes that have been passed down through generations of Dilnoza's family. Your cooking class involves learning to make a traditional salad and the main “palov” from scratch and will last about 2 hours. Palov is a heartwarming rice dish made with slow-cooked meat, vegetables and exotic spices like saffron and caraway, which is traditionally simmered in a cast-iron pot called kazan over an open flame. Each family prepares palov, the signature dish at every festival or wedding, according to their own family recipe. Learn how to prepare a traditional Uzbek meal before you sit down at the table to share the meal you helped prepare with your host Dilnoza. Please note that the host offers multiple tour options combining the activities described above. Your tour itinerary will be determined by the combo option you select when booking your tour.