A Malaysian blogger of The Cat, The Rabbit The Hedgehog shares the Uzbek Lamb Plov Pilaf.

Lunch is served, and we finally break our diet of bulgur, potato and chicken bones along with the rest of the inmates.

In exchange, the family would feed the guide and his son with the bulgur wheat they had prepared for their journey, and carry the boy, who was sick.

A traditional Kazakh dinner involves a multitude of appetisers on the table, followed by a soup and one or two main courses such as pilaf and beshbarmak.

In Indian cooking, the leaf is added whole to biryani, a kind of rice pilaf, made with ordinary rice (as opposed to that made with the premium grade Basmati rice).

It comes in a five ounce portion of tilapia breaded with Dijon mustard and crispy, broiled breadcrumbs and a steaming pile of pecan quinoa pilaf with crunchy, grilled broccoli so soft and sweet and charred and smoky on the outside with just a hint of chili flake.