Uzbek Cooking Class in a Samarkand Home

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4 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

After being picked up from your hotel explore Samarkand’s famous Siab Bazaar, meet local vendors, and select fresh ingredients for your cooking class. Visit a traditional tandir bakery before heading to a local family home in the countryside for a hands-on Uzbek cooking class. Learn to prepare authentic dishes such as plov, samsa, shashlik, lagman, or manti using traditional family recipes. Share the meal you’ve prepared, accompanied by seasonal fruit, Uzbek sweets, and tea.

Example Menu

Starter

Salad

Main

Plov (Uzbek rice pilaf)

Main

Samsa (savory meat pastry)

Dessert

Fresh fruits and dessert

Dessert

Tea

What's Included

Private Uzbek cooking class in a local home
Hotel pick up and drop off
Authentic home-cooked meal with a local family

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Your host will pick you up from the concierge desk of your Samarkand hotel and will drop you back once the experience ends. Please include your hotel name and address when booking the experience online.

What to expect

After being picked up from your hotel in Samarkand, join Akram for a the famous Siab Bazaar, the city's largest local market. Meet local vendors and purchase a few ingredients to use during your cooking class. Then enjoy a scenic 30-minute drive to Akram's family home in the countryside, stopping along the way at a traditional tandir bakery. Upon arrival, you'll be welcomed by Akram and his wife surrounded by a garden with fruits, vegetables, and farm animals such as cows and rabbits.

During your 2-hour hands-on cooking class, learn to prepare two authentic Uzbek dishes from scratch. Depending on the season and your interest, you may learn to make plov (Uzbek rice pilaf), samsa (savory meat pastry), shashlik (grilled meat skewers), lagman (hand-pulled noodle soup), manti (steamed meat dumplings), chuchvara (Uzbek meat dumpling soup), mastava (rice and meat soup), or no'xat soup (chickpea soup) using traditional family recipes. After cooking, sit down with the family to enjoy the homemade Uzbek meal you helped prepare, served with seasonal fruit, a traditional Uzbek dessert, and tea. At the end of your experience, you will be driven back to your hotel in Samarkand.

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Menu may vary depending on the season
  • Akram can accommodate a lactose free, gluten free, vegetarian or vegan diet, if informed in advance. If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking.
  • The price includes the cost of return transportation from central Samarkand hotels. Please include your hotel name and address when booking the experience online.
  • This authentic Uzbek cooking experience in Samarkand is perfect for large groups and families with children.
Supplied by Traveling Spoon

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Dining Experiences
Cooking Classes
Restaurants
Lunch
Dinner
Food & Drink
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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