| Our plausible young waiter recommended Samarqand plov, a traditional Central Asian rice dish with succulent lamb and spices. |
| I order a delicious plov, lamb with rice that, in this case, is heavy on dill. |
| Ottolenghi put the mutabbaq in the oven, turned the plov back on, and chopped some parsley, coriander, and dill, for sprinkling. |
| Whereas Georgians particularly like maize and Azerbaijanis favour rice, Armenians use a lot of burghul, notably in their plov dishes. |
| Meanwhile, political and food critics alike speculate on whether plov, Azerbaijan's rice-broth national dish, will feature on its menu. |
| Some Uzbek soups are euphoniously called shurpa, and a prominent range of main dishes there go under the name plov. |
