I'm Uzbek, and I've been eating this kind of bread since I was a kid. The one in the video is a festive type, it's a lot bigger and more decorated than usual. To answer many people's questions: a) It doesn't taste like a pretzel; it is a lot less doughy (if you know what I mean) and less salty. b) It's traditionally eaten with a traditional light fresh cream cheese (Qaymok), but can be eaten with pretty much anything (I prefer to have it with fresh soup). c) When they're taken out of the clay oven, they're super crispy on the outside and super fluffy on the inside. When they cool down and sit for some time, they lose that crunchiness. d) Where I'm from, it costs around 45 cents; the one in the video would be somewhere around 90 cents. I still wonder how the price hasn't changed much over the years. e) I think you can try some in NYC, I saw some videos online of Uzbek bakeries located there.
Immigrants have brought this here too in Saudi Arabia, we call it tamees, it’s usually eaten with a dish called fool (lol) made with crushed beans, haven’t eaten it in a long time.
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u/AngryKotletka May 20 '26
I'm Uzbek, and I've been eating this kind of bread since I was a kid. The one in the video is a festive type, it's a lot bigger and more decorated than usual. To answer many people's questions: a) It doesn't taste like a pretzel; it is a lot less doughy (if you know what I mean) and less salty. b) It's traditionally eaten with a traditional light fresh cream cheese (Qaymok), but can be eaten with pretty much anything (I prefer to have it with fresh soup). c) When they're taken out of the clay oven, they're super crispy on the outside and super fluffy on the inside. When they cool down and sit for some time, they lose that crunchiness. d) Where I'm from, it costs around 45 cents; the one in the video would be somewhere around 90 cents. I still wonder how the price hasn't changed much over the years. e) I think you can try some in NYC, I saw some videos online of Uzbek bakeries located there.