I’m sure theirs is good, and a healthier version. Traditional uzbek plov looks like this and is usually with lamb. We lived in some villages for a time and the lambs in central asia are the ones that have the huge fat reserve ass flap. well they use that assflap fat as the basting vehicle… it’s left on top of the rice as it cooks in a hole under soil etc… then the locals feed it to you by hand and you must not refuse… anyway, that’s just in villages and maybe not even any more. … strong memory of being a kid and having a scary man feeding me by hand with assflap fat dripping all down his hands.
they do it like this over there
Just for reference… in case you’re curious… it’s a revelation.