Overhead view of golden plov rice dish with whole roasted garlic bulbs on a copper platter, surrounded by saffron steam
Hands folding the seam of a manti dumpling over a floured wooden board, cumin seeds visible in the filling
Whole roasted lamb shoulder glistening with rendered fat on a large serving platter with fresh herbs
Torn non flatbread with steam still rising from its cracked surface, overhead shot on linen cloth
Copper bowl of vibrant green chutney with pomegranate seeds scattered around it
Traditional Tajik tea set with small piola cups and crystal sugar pieces on an embroidered tablecloth
Golden sambusa pastries fresh from the tandoor oven, arranged on a wooden board with herbs
Overhead banquet table spread with multiple Tajik dishes in copper bowls and ceramic plates
Dried fruits, walnuts, and halva sweets arranged in small dishes on a silk-draped dastarkhan table

Tajik Catering — Dushanbe to Your Door

We Set the Table.
You Gather the People.

From intimate family sofreh to wedding tois for 300 guests —hand-folded, flame-kissed, served with pride.

Intimate

Sofreh Gathering

For families and close circles

$38 / guest
20 – 60 Guests
Traditional Tajik tea service with piola cups, sugar cubes, and dried fruit arranged on embroidered cloth
Close-up of hands pinching manti dumpling seam over a floured board with cumin and onion filling visible
Torn non flatbread with steam rising, overhead shot showing the cracked golden crust on linen
2060
Guests served
"My mother cried when she tasted the qurutob. She said it was exactly like Dushanbe."
Nargiza K.
Family reunion, Chicago
Reception

Navruz Reception

Embassy-grade cultural dining

Most Requested
$52 / guest
60 – 150 Guests
Golden plov rice crowned with whole roasted garlic bulbs on a large copper deg platter, saffron-colored rice glistening
Freshly baked sambusa pastries arranged on a wooden board, golden-brown from the tandoor, with green herbs alongside
Reception table laid with multiple Tajik dishes in copper bowls, silk table runner, and traditional ceramics
Overhead view of dried fruits, pistachios, and halva sweets arranged in small ceramic dishes on silk cloth
60150
Guests served
"Our Navruz reception at the embassy had 120 guests. Every diplomat came back for seconds of the plov."
Rustam T.
Embassy Cultural Attaché, Washington D.C.
Wedding Feast

The Wedding Toi

Three hundred guests, zero compromises

Full Service
$65 / guest
150 – 350 Guests
Whole roasted lamb shoulder glistening with rendered fat on a large ceremonial platter with fresh pomegranate seeds and herbs
Large copper deg cauldron over open flame with plov rice being stirred, golden steam rising in a courtyard setting
Wedding banquet table with full Tajik feast spread, silk runner, candles, and copper serving vessels
Guests gathered around a low dastarkhan table laden with dishes at a traditional Tajik wedding toi celebration
Full wedding sweets table with samanu pudding, halva blocks, nishallo, and fresh fruits on embroidered linen
150350
Guests served
"Three hundred guests. Every single one asked us for Dastarkhan's number before they left."
Dilnoza & Firdavs M.
Wedding Toi, New York City
From Our Kitchen

The Signature Dishes

Every dish made from scratch. No shortcuts. No chafing dish of pasta.

Overhead view of qurutob in a carved wooden tabaq bowl with fatir bread, qurut sauce, and fresh herbs on a dastarkhan
Signature

Qurutob

National dish of Tajikistan

Flaky fatir bread layered in a carved tabaq bowl, drenched in qurut — the tangy fermented cheese sauce that defines Dushanbe. No dish is more Tajik.

Golden plov rice with whole roasted garlic bulbs on a large copper platter, steam rising from the saffron-colored rice
Centerpiece

Plov (Palav)

Cooked in deg over open flame

Saffron-stained rice with julienned carrot, lamb, and whole roasted garlic bulbs. Eaten communally from one platter — the way it was meant to be.

Golden-brown sambusa pastries fresh from the tandoor oven, arranged on a wooden board with herbs and green chutney
Street Classic

Sambusa

Baked in the tandoor

Hand-folded pastry, filled with spiced lamb and onion, sealed and slid into the clay tandoor. The cumin hits you before you even see them.

Steamed manti dumplings on a ceramic plate with chaka sauce and butter, overhead shot showing the pleated tops
Hand-Made

Manti

Steamed to order

Pleated dumplings, each one pinched by hand. Steamed over boiling water and served with chaka and a drizzle of clarified butter.

Torn non flatbread with steam rising, showing the cracked golden crust and soft interior on linen cloth
Sacred

Non Bread

Every occasion, its own loaf

Girdacha, fatir, kulcha — torn at the table, never cut. Bread is sacred here. We bake it the morning of your event and deliver it still warm.

Dimlama stew in a large clay pot with visible layers of vegetables, lamb, and herbs, steam rising from the surface
Slow-Cooked

Dimlama

Slow-layered in the pot

Lamb, potatoes, carrots, peppers — layered raw and left to steam in their own juices for three hours. The broth alone could fill a room.

About Dastarkhan

No one leaves
our table hungry.

Dastarkhan was born from a single belief: that Central Asian hospitality — the kind where the table never empties and every guest is family — deserves to travel anywhere.

We cook the way grandmothers do — no shortcuts, no substitutes, no apologies. Sambusa folded by hand. Plov stirred in a deg over open flame. Non baked the morning of your event and torn at the table.

300+
Guests per toi
12+
Years catering
500+
Events served
100%
From scratch
+1 (917) 555-0247
Mon–Sat, 9am–7pm EST

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