Uzbekistan is a land of beautiful architecture ... Grilled skewers, locally known as shashlik, are traditionally made of lamb or beef, but most places selling shashlik also offer vegetable ...

gracing every table – served to cut through the rich lamb shashlik and piles of plov. Plov is Uzbekistan's national dish - on paper, the dish is simply rice, carrot and meat. But it's the ...

For the plum sauce, cover the plums with water and simmer until the plums are soft. Strain, reserving 75ml/3fl oz of the cooking water,. Put the plums, reserved liquid, sugar, cider vinegar and ...

We prefer another kind of window shopping on this stretch, though: Watching sizzling shashlik kebabs grilled over charcoal at the entrance to Zira Uzbek Kitchen, a family-owned spot that stands ...