Tajik cuisine is a traditional
cuisine of
Tajikistan, and has much in common with
Russian,
Iranian,
Afghan, and
Uzbek cuisines.
Plov (
pilaf) (, ), also called
osh , is the national dish in Tajikistan, as in other countries in the region.
Green tea is the national drink. Traditional Tajik meals start with a spread of
dried fruit,
nuts,
halva, and other sweets arrayed on the table in small dishes, and then progress to soup and meat, before finishing with plov.