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Uzbek Dough Products

Some claim that after eating Uzbek dough products, they find it difficult to enjoy similar foods in other countries.
Samsas, a famous Uzbek food, are individual pies with a savory filling which are baked in a clay tandoor oven. The dough for samsas is usually flaky and they are stuffed with every variety of filling, including minced meat, chopped meat, chicken, potatoes, mushrooms, spinach and pumpkin.
Gumma samsas are a special samsa variety filled with offal. Although less common today than in past times, when made these tasty samsas are cooked in a tandoor oven and served hot.

Manty are steamed dumplings made from unleavened dough. They are usually stuffed with meat which has been cut into very fine pieces (not chopped or put through a meat grinder), a method which ensures maximal juiciness.
Chuchvara are small boiled dumplings that, like Russian pelmeni, are prepared from unleavened egg dough and a meat filling. Yet unlike the Russian variation, the Uzbek dumplings are usually served in a vegetable broth. Fried chuchvara, with its crispy dough and juicy seasoned filling, is a special delight.
Hanum, like manty, is steamed, but instead of being formed into individual dumplings it is rolled into one large, thin layer which is stuffed with a savory filling and rolled up into a log. Potatoes and onions are the traditional filling for hanum, but occasionally pumpkin or meat may be used.

Shivit-oshi and tukhum-barak are both served almost exclusively in Khiva. Shivit-oshi are green noodles made from a dough to which dill has been added. Meat fried with vegetables are scooped on top of the noodles before serving. Tukhum-barak are square dumplings stuffed with raw eggs which are poured into the dough just before boiling.

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Uzbek Drinks

Any meal in Uzbekistan begins and ends with tea, the national drink. Traditionally, tea in Uzbekistan is green, although in Tashkent black tea is more common. Tashkent tea is a mixture of black and green tea with honey and lemon.
Tea in Uzbekistan embodies a whole philosophy. Teahouses are still common and are known as places where men can have leisurely conversations while playing backgammon, solving the world’s problems and, of course, drinking tea. There are even local songs dedicated to the traditional teahouse.
In Uzbekistan it is customary to brew tea in a special way. First, the leaves are steeped in boiling water and allowed to brew a little. The tea is then poured into a cup and back into the teapot three times. This ritual is called kaytar (“to return”).
Other common drinks in Uzbekistan include mineral water and kompot, a drink made from fresh or dried fruits.

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