Special dishes and foods are made for the New Year. After hours of dancing, dinner is announced, and the guests form a line and walk alongside a decorated buffet, where assorted authentic Afghan foods are presented. Picnics maila are a popular weekend activity throughout the year. Picnickers feast on salads, fresh naan bread, fish and kebabs grilled over charcoal, and of course freshly brewed tea.
Eid-ul-Fitr is also known as "Sweet Eid" because of the amount and variety of sweet dishes consumed on this occasion celebrating the happy end of Ramadan. Norinj Palau Rice with orange Average Rating: 3. Shami Kebab Average Rating: 3. Lamb with Spinach Average Rating: 2. Qabuli pulao. Creme Rolls. Add halved onion, garlic head, 4 cloves, 1 teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon cumin seed, salt, sugar, cinnamon stick, paprika, and coriander seeds. Pour in water to cover. Seal pressure cooker lid and turn heat to high.
Cook until pressure cooker whistles once, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Wait for 2 more whistles, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow pressure to release naturally, about 10 minutes. Strain broth into a bowl. Clean out the pressure cooker and heat it over medium heat. Add oil and chopped onion; cook and stir until softened and browned, about 7 to 10 minutes. Add carrots; cook until soft, about 3 minutes more.
Add raisins, almonds, and strained rice. Add remaining 1 teaspoon black pepper, remaining 1 teaspoon cumin seed, and remaining clove. Crush remaining cardamom seed to a powder and add to the pressure cooker. Mix to combine; pour in enough broth to cover the rice. Increase heat to high and seal the pressure cooker. Cook until the first whistle, 5 to 7 minutes.
Cook for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Let rest for 7 minutes; release the pressure naturally, about 10 minutes. Transfer cooked rice to a serving dish immediately to prevent overcooking. You can also add chicken or beef bouillon cubes to the water, or substitute broth for additional flavor. When adding the rice to the pressure cooker, if it is soft to taste at this point then only add enough water to just cover the rice, if the rice is still hard the Add enough water to go 1 centimeter above the rice.
To cook the pulao without a pressure cooker: Make the broth by boiling the same first ingredients for 1 hour. Follow the same instructions. When cooking rice add all the broth and make sure there is 3. Add all ingredients the same but bring rice to a boil then turn heat to low, put a paper towel over the pot then seal with a lid over it. Lavash is eaten with spicy meat and served with cheese.
It is a traditional dish and is mostly served on weddings. It is thought that Lavash will bring prosperity and fertility to the newly wed couple. Our favorite Lavash recipe. Borani Banjan is a traditional vegetable dish consisting of fried eggplants that are cooked with a tomato sauce and seasoned with lots of garlic and mint.
Borani Banjan is served with thick yogurt. The yogurt is also seasoned with lots of Afghan spices. Our favorite Borani Banjan recipe. Bolani is the most popular street food snacks of Afghanistan. It is essentially a flatbread that is stuffed with a variety of ingredients and then fried.
It can be stuffed with mashed potatoes, pumpkin, spinach, meat or lentils. This light snack dish is traditionally prepared at home and is often presented as a side dish. Bolani is best enjoyed with Chakkah, which is a creamy mint and yogurt dip and coriander chutney which enhances its flavor even more. Our favorite Bolani recipe. Sheer Yakh is a traditional Afghan ice cream which is loved by children as well as adults. The word Sheer Yakh means cold or frozen milk.
The ingredients that are used for making Sheer Yakh are the same as those for making Indian Kulfi but the method of preparation is quite different. The major ingredients required for preparing Sheer Yakh are milk, sugar, rose water, cardamom and Salep, which is a wild orchid powder.
Sheer Yakh is generally garnished with thick cream and chopped nuts including pistachios and almonds and is served in small bowls. Our favorite Sheer Yakh recipe. Gosh-e fil is another delightful Afghan dessert which is a sweet pastry that is lightly fried. The dough for preparing the pastry is made by kneading together flour, sugar, milk and eggs. The resultant crispy gosh-e fil are dusted with cardamom powder, icing sugar and chopped pistachios and are served with tea.
Our favorite Gosh-e fil recipe.
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