According to calculations, the cheapest region for preparing plov is the Republic of Karakalpakstan, where the cost of necessary ingredients for one kilogram of plov amounted to 105,215 soums. The highest figure was recorded in the city of Tashkent, where this value reached 126,807 soums.
The calculated values by region are as follows:
- Republic of Karakalpakstan — 105,215 soums;
- Syrdarya region — 112,222 soums;
- Andijan region — 114,625 soums;
- Khorezm region — 116,010 soums;
- Namangan region — 116,536 soums;
- Bukhara region — 116,578 soums;
- Jizzakh region — 116,675 soums;
- Navoi region — 117,750 soums;
- Kashkadarya region — 118,582 soums;
- Surkhandarya region — 118,624 soums;
- Tashkent region — 120,548 soums;
- Samarkand region — 120,721 soums;
- Fergana region — 123,759 soums;
- Tashkent city — 126,807 soums.
The State Statistics Committee notes that these calculations are based on the average prices of ingredients necessary for preparing plov — sunflower oil, onions, beef, carrots, laser rice, chickpeas, cumin, and table salt.
At the same time, these figures represent not the market price of one kilogram of ready-made plov sold in the regions, but the cost of the ingredients required to prepare it.
