DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
Azerbaijani Plov
Also known as: Azərbaycan plovu
Azerbaijani drained-rice plov with lavash crust and a separate mutton-fruit side.
About Azerbaijani Plov
Azerbaijan.travel’s suzme plov steams partly cooked rice over buttered lavash. This named version includes a separate mutton accompaniment with onions, chestnuts, apricots and prunes.
Butter enriches the rice and the mutton mixture, with turmeric, salt and pepper seasoning the side. Saffron is an optional rice addition, while fried raisins provide a sweet finish.
The rice is presented in a mound with pieces of the crisp lavash crust on top. Raisins and finishing oil complete it, with the sautéed meat and fruit served in their own dish.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Azerbaijani Plov
Azerbaijan.travel’s suzme plov with mutton and dried fruit.
- RiceBase
- SaltSeasoning
- ButterCooking medium
- LavashBase
- SaffronSeasoning · Optional
- MuttonProtein · Side dish
- PrunesBase · Side dish
- Dried apricotsBase · Side dish
- White prunesBase · Side dishIngredient page not linked
- OnionAromatic · Side dish
- ChestnutsBase · Side dish
- RaisinsTopping
- TurmericSeasoning · Side dish
- PepperSeasoning · Side dishIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- Reserved mutton brothLiquid · Side dishIngredient page not linked
- Hot finishing oilFinishIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Preferred varieties201 discussed but none forced into exact recipe.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit rice soak/boil220 and side225.
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Rice/lavash layering and side butter distinct allocations consolidated.
- Lavash: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Normal wheat flatbread confirms Wheat; exact supplier formula unknown.
- Saffron (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed208; method221 explicitly conditional saffron version selected and optionality retained.
- Mutton: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Prunes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried apricots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- White prunes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source213 distinct named fruit; precise fruit type/preservation identity unresolved, not replaced by ordinary prunes.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chestnuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual chestnut identity; no unsupported generic tree-nut allergen-code mapping.
- Raisins: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit frying225; its fat/medium not named, no extra butter/oil inferred.
- Turmeric: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only225 omitted short ingredient list.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only225, exact pepper type unspecified.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit rice salted soak/boil220 and saffron infusion221 only; rice washing verb alone not allocated a medium.
- Reserved mutton broth: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own meat boiling broth filtered224 and reused225; initial cooking liquid/full formula not named.
- Hot finishing oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method226 oil on final rice, type/formula unknown; not presumed butter.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Azerbaijan
- AzerbaijanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Azerbaijani Cuisine
- Azerbaijani CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.