Dishes to try
| Dish | What it is |
|---|---|
| Shivit oshi | bright green noodles made with dill, served with a meat and vegetable stew and sour milk: Khiva's answer to lagman |
| Tukhum barak | thin dough pockets filled with egg, boiled briefly and served with sour cream |
| Gumma | crisp fried pies filled with meat, potato, pumpkin or greens |
| Khorezm plov | plov with little spice that relies on yellow carrots and good meat |
| Dograma | pieces of flatbread and meat in a rich broth |
| Tandoor bread and samsa | baked on the walls of a clay oven; best in the morning |
The names may be written differently on menus: shivit oshi, shivit osh; tuxum barak, tukhum-barak. Ask the waiter which dishes are Khorezmian.
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- Order two or three dishes to share: portions are generous.
- Shivit oshi and plov are lunch dishes; some places sell out by the evening.
- Tea is green by default. Ask for black if you prefer it.
- Restaurants inside Itchan Kala cost more than those just outside the walls. See how much a trip costs.
Beyond Khiva
For dishes from the rest of the country, from Tashkent plov to samsa and lagman, read food in Uzbekistan. Planning your day in Khiva? Khiva in one day.