What Is Uzbek Food?

On the first episode in a new series from Eater called Cooking in America, host Pelin Keskin learns about Uzbek cuisine by shopping and cooking (and eating!) with Damira Inatullaeva, a cooking instructor at The League of Kitchens, who moved to Brooklyn from Uzbekistan in 2013.
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[@kazutosenga]

Uzbek food is amazing! Went there several years ago and I still miss their food. I love how tea is served with the food, and Uzbek people are great!

[@KiKo_top]

You're Welcome!

[@BruteChoi]

This was so well done! Really appreciated the hosts respect for the culture. Would love to see this as a regular series.

[@kaidenshin5251]

Brute Choi 공감해요 !

[@gunaikh]

Yeah🤩

[@1001Shirin]

great host, great episode, enjoying with a cup of tea

[@pelinkeskin2269]

+Shirin FHA Great comment, great user, enjoying with a cup of tea

[@GaGaCrazy333]

I absolutely loved her passion about her food. great show! I love this series and the respect and genuine curiosity of the host...she's not fake or over the top and I love it!

[@pelinkeskin2269]

+Vanessa Cowles Thank you so much!

[@MaZEEZaM]

Yes, so many American tv chefs I see on shows are often so rude and disrespectful towards other people. This girl was the opposite 😊

[@MaZEEZaM]

+Pelin Keskin I just realised, you are the host, well this is the first video I have seen you in. You do seem respectful towards the couple and genuinely interested in eating their food and listening to what they have to say. I would like to see more of you in future videos. 🐶

[@chamelichameli4751]

The Cautious Chef

[@chamelichameli4751]

The Cautious Chef

[@lemons_s]

Bread is love, bread is life.

[@Leagueofkitchens]

+Lemons Word.

[@ab4ankgaming892]

Nasi is the best

[@Doe7251]

nice to see some different country's food

[@Leagueofkitchens]

+dick head We agree!

[@mercedesmustang2796]

+MaZEEZaM hahahha u funny

[@turbooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

I love this--you can see the shared context and respect between Pelin and the couple. Excited to see more from her! (If you haven't signed her yet...... you should.)

[@eater]

+A BS Thanks for watching!

[@Corvo131]

Plov, where's PLOV ??? Best Uzbek dish ever !!

[@SamCoykendall]

Sadly, traditional Uzbek plov is made exclusively by men.

[@arielt2000]

I was wondering the same thing, where's the lagman?

[@vanillabeanxxo]

lol you don't know what you're talking about

[@slimon122]

Lagman is not traditional Uzbek food

[@vanillabeanxxo]

yes it is lol

[@farangizarazakova9605]

our beloved Damira Inatullaeva I'm so glad to see how You promote uzbek cuisine far from Uzbekista. I wish You good luck on this way and hope that in nearest future we will read book of uzbek recipes written by You.

[@mohammadibrahimi3316]

Oh oh gap yoq uzbek oqat dunyodagi number 1

[@_shahboz_2137]

kanewna

[@asrorburkhanov7449]

I'm from Uzbekistan and I have just came across with it when doing my Assignment about food. I'm really glad that you liked it. Thank you.

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

This is so touching, congrats for another great video!

[@asdjkhasdhjasd]

Uzbek culture looks amazing! Hope I can visit it soon :)

[@MrFreemanSmiles]

OMG! Such a fun and fabulous episode! Keep it up! (PS. Those boiled manti smothered in sour cream and butter are making my mouth water!)

[@wargamer2213]

manti are much bigger than this , the dish your taking about is belimashki there like mini manti

[@dilsherferuzov5084]

@@wargamer2213 manti are smoked, and those mini manti looking goodies are boiled and sometimes cooked

[@jazmineutubes]

Best content I've seen from Eater in a while. Can't wait to see more of this series and most importantly, of Pelin!!

[@pelinkeskin2269]

+JazmineKZbins Thank you! More of me to come ~

[@Cunctipotency]

this video is extremely adorable, however i still feel the need to add some information about central asian food here: the woman comparing one of the uzbek dishes to chinese jiaozi and russian pelimeni (both variations of dumplings) might make some think that the uzbek dish is a copy of either of those two, but that’s not the case! dumplings were actually invented by central asians, who then carried the recipe across asia along the silk road! (the only reason why we now typically think that dumplings are chinese, is because china was and still is heavily anti-central asian. when our dish reached china they loved it, but disliked the fact that it was something coming from our cultures, so they changed a few trivial things about our recipe and re-branded dumplings as an “originally chinese dish.” and pelimeni may be of russian origin, but they are just a variation of the dumplings that central asians created! technically, central asian dumplings are the original ones and you don’t know dumplings until you have tried ours!) china has never been well known for the cooking of doughy foods, but central asia has been. in fact, it was only chinese contact with central asians, west asians, and south asians, that chinese received the knowledge of doughy foods. and more on that note; another dish believed to be of “chinese origin,” which is actually central asian, are probably noodles! the oldest noodle bowl is 4.000 years old and was found in what is now “northwestern china”, and “northwestern china” is stolen central asian land. i think i can also spy samsas in this video! most of you probably know samsas better as “samosas” and believe them to be an originally south asian dish, but it’s actually central asian as well! samsas/samosas didn’t reach south asia until central asian traders brought it over in the 13th or 14th century!

[@anonym_girl7283]

I‘m so happy you shared these informations with us 🙏🏻 Sometimes I feel like everyone‘s trying to tear *everything* away from us.

[@vladimirsamsonov1428]

Wow, such a warm atmosphere and delicious food. Thank you for such a nice video.

[@zenzenyokunai]

Balkan people also eat bread with literally EVERY meal it's ridiculous lol. Maybe we got that from the Turks. Is that a common thing among all Turkic peoples?

[@ali2636]

z e n z e n y o k u n a i It's common among all Islamic countries. A lot of Baltic countries like Kosovo and Bosnia even Romania and Armenia got cultural and food influence from Islamic countries and empires. The only people who do it wrong would be the Greeks who obviously got pita from the Arabs through Turkish influence but they are the only ones who actually eat the pita kind of improperly. They don't break the bread and eat with their hands they use pita only as a sandwich lol.

[@meyou8830]

Egyptian people call bread by: "عيش", which is literally can be translated to; "live", or "subsistence"

[@mayena]

@@ali2636 Balkan not Baltic.

[@illyrian9976]

Everyone ate a lot of bread, bread was the staple food of europeans throughout history from the roman times up to the late stages of industrial revolution. Bread is a great way to gain calories and energy, which was needed for the hard work that was typicaly done. Places that are less industrialized still eat a lot of bread, which includes tge balkans, middle east but also other parts of eastern europe.

[@NoName-ep6jh]

balkan foods amazing

[@zaboomafooba]

Just found this channel through this video. I'd also be interested in seeing more from Pelin! :-)

[@eater]

+plumear Thanks for watching! More to come from Pelin.

[@a1exthegenius]

Great video! What an interesting insight into a cuisine that few of us have ever experienced! Keep it up!

[@xhmcsx]

the latest few videos youve produced have been really outstanding, beautifully paced and produced (not over-produced) THANKS!!!!

[@eater]

+xhmcsx Thanks for watching!

[@_agnd]

Thank you for making this kind videos. It was really touching and very interesting. Brilliant!

[@drashtigoswami2624]

this just brings smile on my face

[@TripBtv]

Second time watching this episode. Still one of my favorite episodes.

[@KenzoQasim223]

Great first episode. Made me curios about uzbek food. Looking forward to watching more episodes

[@romanbedi6602]

this was so fun to watch, such a good host!

[@pelinkeskin2269]

+roman bedi Thank you!

[@marleigh2150]

Fantastic!

[@WilldoesPwns]

This is a wonderful video, great job :)

[@mark-angelofamularcano237]

I haven't seen this host before. She is great, hoping to see more of her! 😁

[@alman666]

That was really interesting and those dumplings look delicious.

[@Leagueofkitchens]

+Balon Greyjoy We can confirm that they taste delicious too. :)

[@misshangvu]

The last minute was very sweet 💕

[@fedup9073]

What a beautiful lady. I am so glad she has a chance to share her culture.

[@hkcharlton]

this was so beautiful and enlightening to watch

[@ceefromshaolin]

ugh i'm so into this. i need this feast.

[@susanarustemova4839]

Please open a bread store in our Canada too PLEASE

[@uzbek5545]

Susana Rustemova go to any afghan store they make breads similar to Uzbeks

[@nargiza0820]

Come to Edmonton I will bake for you Uzbek bread(non). Uzbek bread is the best😊

[@davlatkhonbuzrukov8974]

There is a restaurant called Taj inToronto.Its delicious, you should try it out some time.

[@CartyCantDance]

Wow. Just wow, thank you for introducing such an interesting type of food. I gotta try this now.

[@Bulbulinio]

Kudos for unearthing hidden gems of the culinary world.

[@ooseevip]

In the middle east you can find Uzbek food almost everywere.. It's so delicious

[@ooseevip]

Samba Bamba shwaya house

[@zeinabukhari7377]

Samba Bamba roz Bukhari, manto, laghman, farmosa etc.

[@ShukriFarah]

this was so great!!

[@MaZEEZaM]

This is great, I have not soon Uzbek food before. So many foods, they put a lot of time and effort in. 😊 thanks Eater

[@chefmike9945]

Excellent episode. Diversity in food helps the transition of culture. Blessings ChefMike

[@munadahir1755]

The host is great!!!!

[@pelinkeskin2269]

+muna dahir Thank you!

[@SinghCharan]

Complete description of the items would have been great with other details like routine breakfast, lunch and dinner menu

[@salihag9473]

Great video Pelin! Turkish Excellence everywhere

[@pelinkeskin2269]

+Saliha G Thank you!

[@Jokyl989]

More of these!

[@imuzbek4225]

Hi. I from Uzbekistan.

[@JamesErkins]

Wow nice video! Thanks for uploading! Uzbek cuisine is unique and has many delicious food. If you haven't tried yet, do so asap.

[@tapiosiili3687]

omg I absolutely love Uzbekistan

[@THEORIGINATOR83]

Jagshamesh, I like this video very much

[@Bobomeetworld]

uzbek food is now in my to eat list!! so fancy and nice!

[@raizelm1578]

Dumplings! What's not to like '? Looks yummy!

[@shohvaliev2178]

im an uzbek. loved the video

[@Anonymous-nj2ow]

that last statement about what is american food is beautiful, it's the truth about our cuisine.

[@6idangle]

The thing that makes me the most proud of being American isn't our overly patriotic love of the military but (in half of the country at least) a beautiful tapestry of everyone on earth living together makes me so happy when I walked down the street and see everyone of every race. Sad to see people knocking immigration even when its legal and contributes to the evolution of the country. I love this series..

[@TheNo1Princess]

This is so soul warming.

[@newcheese8554]

Awesome video, looks so good would totally eat that up. Food looks tasty too.

[@mayena]

According to many historical documents the ubiquitous South Asian/Indian Samosa is a derivative of the Uzbek Samsa snack.

[@raggedyhaggity250]

the boiled dumplings' skins are made of wheat flour right??? topped wit sour cream and butterrr ooh my godddd i never ate it and probs never will, but just imagining the rich flavours make me jshhuchggchadha

[@adhishreepatil]

wow, i'm surprised to see how much Indian influence there is in their dishes, even with the terms they use! Heck, even the first lady's accent was borderline Indian. I love getting a glimpse into the cuisine of unexplored countries :) This was wonderful.

[@anonym_girl7283]

It's interesting that you immediately think India has influenced the uzbek cuisine, not the other way around. Baburhan the uzbek emperor conquered India and established Moghul empire. So the uzbek kitchen was introduced to indian people - but is called moghul kitchen - also the indian dance got influenced by central asian dance. And the terms you mentioned are often persian or arabic not indian. 😉 Influences can be great, imagine the mankind hadn‘t copied producing porcelain from chinese people! ☺️ But what I dislike is the fact, that the people try to tear everything away from us.

[@Mrviccietor]

Love to see something of a country you never hear about

[@stoicpoetrywisdom]

Did anyone think of Borat and his hate for Uzbekistan?

[@rustamkalyuzhnyy]

great video!

[@pemarinchhen]

ok...next best host. pretty chill...never thought much about Uzbek food. would like to see more food that not many people see or have heard of...maybe Laotian? South African? or who knows...even Lapland or Inuit haha 😝

[@pelinkeskin2269]

+zeeba08 Thank you! Stay tuned...

[@lordeinc9610]

go awfff pelin! Subhanallah

[@abcederian]

kop yahsı. rahmat

[@Fnatic2010]

Why not include uzbek plov? Many versions have I seen but Uzbek one has been the best.

[@Leagueofkitchens]

+Nomado Great suggestion! Check out the rest of Damira's current menus here: www.leagueofkitchens.com/instructors/uzbek-cooking-with-damira

[@golibsaidov]

О! Я в таком восторге, что нет слов! Браво! :-)

[@eater]

+golib saidov Спасибо!

[@bp__9862]

I am from Uzbekistan I eat everything and It is so tasty

[@efeozcelik9476]

i see pelin i press subscribe and like. nice content guys

[@soatovaa]

I'm from uzbekistan but i moved to America

[@mako4874]

looks delicious.

[@Samsungexe]

Dumplings are my favorite!

[@bo3gamer129]

Let's go Uzbekistan

[@gnawaserge]

Seems like vegetables have a hard time growing in Uzbekistan

[@zaurkomachkov520]

I spent my childhood there and looking back, I can recall only one dish that was vegetarian. Its called Hamin ("hanoom"), its kinda similar to lasagna. Literally everything else is a meat dish.

[@sarahdoan6594]

Researching how I can visit Uzbekistan now

[@hadzafadhli]

why no plov? :O

[@mayena]

Kensington, Brooklyn.

[@andyzhang7890]

this is beautiful

[@JacopoMoruzzi]

Those dumplings are literally identical, in the look, to Italian tortellini. Very interesting!

[@sleepyjo9340]

It's the same thing, the only difference the name lol

[@amirr2259]

Can any Uzbek send me that same exact Mashhurda recipe with the apricot? Please I want to make it and try it. Thank you

[@umarsulton3797]

Im uzbek

[@protocolofficer2629]

North American cuisine is the best in the world as it incorporates a vast amount of food derived from all over the World. Just as Uzbekistan food is a conglomeration of other foreign foods, so is ours but to a much larger degree. We rock!

[@franciszekbalcerowski1814]

The only things I basicly could get that I understood were: plov, meat shashliks, the local flatbread and rice

[@BruceRita]

178 Nakia Islands

[@ilynnad]

Fuck travel insurance, I'm bringing a loaf of bread on my next trip.

[@Marre4000]

Edward Grieg. Nice music.

[@Blindwordsman]

What was the music in the background? I know I've played it before, but I can't quite remember the name.

[@EazyJakeOven]

Anyone have a recipe for that mashhurda soup? I'm interested in giving it a try!

[@kalasalad]

Great video :)

[@Thecodenumber241]

Wow I never knew the influence of Urdu and Hindi on the neighbouring countries was so much Mohalla and Masoor daal both are used in India I wonder if Hindi is influenced by these languages

[@bernaakca5569]

Its vice versa Abinav sai pingali. Baburhan the Uzbek emperor conquered India and established Moghul empire. That's how Uzbek or Turkik dishes were introduced to Indian people.

[@Aux9]

Ash the best food ever!!

[@nick7927]

PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON IRANIAN FOOD

[@Caveman13i]

🇺🇿 Is a turkic country right??

[@StephAnie-fd9vl]

DisturbedArab yes

[@Danny88Jumanji]

pelmen is not russian food. you can try it in russia too but the origin of pelmen is central asia...not even china...noodles are from Central Asia too...not china as many of you might think!

[@DashDrones]

Pelin Keskin.. That's an extremely Turkish name!

[@phyycxis1159]

new yorka gitsek cicibebesiz kalmıycaz ahssgshd :D

[@sergeiegorkin7873]

I was watching, while eating plov

[@SayedMMustafa]

1:25 didnt know bread plays the role of superman in uzbek culture

[@ksgamerzzzsusanto1513]

Woohooooo

[@angeljavier5252]

Please try Filipino food. It's delicious AF