Plov
The location:
Uzbekistan
The name of people/culture:
Uzbeks
The genre of story:
Battle field
Wedding
The story:
Story 1: Plov has healing properties that can restore strength and resolve after hard day at work such as heavy labour or battle. By consuming plov, it’s believed that the warriors can win a battle. it’s known to be used by Alexandre the great’s soldiers. His empire has been one of the largest empires recorded in history.
Story 2: Local laws prohibited the Prince to marry the daughter of a poor craftsman. This caused the Prince to have lack of eating and sleeping which made him sick. Prince was taken to see famous doctor Avicenna. The doctor checked prince’s pulse to identify the cause. Then, a person who knew all districts in Bukhara started to call the district one by one to the Prince. Upon hearing a specific district, the pulse went up. Then, prince listens to the name of dwellers in that district. Upon hearing one lady’s name, the pulse went up. The doctor advises the prince to eat plov until prince regain strength and then marry that lady. This is how plov became popular as a food to be served in the wedding
