Azerbaijani food combines Turkish and central Asian elements.
Dishes include the much celebrated plov , a delicious, spicy speciality made with pine nuts, vegetables and dried fruit, in addition to rice and meat. Certain types of plov use chicken instead of mutton and include chestnuts. Grilled kebabs of various kinds are popular, including lyulya kebab made from spiced, minced lamb pressed onto skewers. These are often sold from roadside stalls. Sturgeon, served both smoked and fresh, and caviar have traditionally been fished from the Caspian Sea.