Khiva Signature · Dill-Green Noodles
Shivit Oshi
Photo: Jamshid Nurkulov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
The noodles' bright green color comes entirely from fresh dill kneaded straight into the dough — no coloring, no spinach — which is also why locals sometimes call the dish 'Khorezm lagman.'
Shivit oshi is hand-cut wheat noodles dyed vivid green with dill worked into the dough, boiled, and served under a stew of beef, potato, and carrot, with tangy yogurt sauce spooned over the top. It's found almost exclusively around Khiva, usually made only in the warmer months when dill is fresh.
Why it's made this way: The technique is unique to Khorezm's noodle-making tradition, and its tight geographic association with Khiva's walled old town makes it one of the clearest single-city food identifiers in Uzbekistan.
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