Afghan cuisine Wikipedia. Afghan cuisine is largely based upon the nations chief crops, such as wheat, maize, barley and rice. Moroccan Chicken Kebab Recipe' title='Moroccan Chicken Kebab Recipe' />Up next in my summer grilling adventures I head down south to the Caribbean for some grilled Jamaican jerk shrimp using a tasty homemade jerk marinade. Kefta is ground beef or lamb, mixed with a variety of herbs and spices. It makes a superb kebab and is the foundation of other Moroccan dishes. Other popular kebabs include the lamb chop, ribs, kofta ground beef and chicken, all of which are found in better restaurants. Chapli kebab, a specialty of Eastern. TESTED PERFECTED RECIPE Chicken thighs, marinated in a tangy blend of yogurt, lemon, garlic spices, and grilled on skewers until golden brown. Accompanying these staples are native fruits and vegetables as well as dairy products such as milk, yogurt and whey. Kabuli Palaw is the national dish of Afghanistan. The nations culinary specialties reflect its ethnic and geographic diversity. Afghanistan is known for its high quality pomegranates, grapes and sweet, football shaped melons. Major foodseditNaan bread from a local baker, which is the most widely consumed bread in Afghanistan. Rice with kofta meatballs and corn. Rice disheseditRice dishes are culturally the most important parts of a meal, and therefore much time and effort is spent creating them. Wealthier families will eat one rice dish per day, and royalty spent much time on rice preparation and invention, as evidenced in the number of rice dishes in their cookbookscitation needed. Weddings and family gatherings usually feature several rice dishes, and reputations can be made in the realm of rice preparationcitation needed. Types of rice disheseditChalloweditA type of white rice, similar or identical to the Iranian chelow. The rice is first parboiled in salted water, then drained and finally baked in a brick or clay oven with oil, butter and salt added. This method creates a fluffy rice with each grain separated, while a golden brown caramelized crust of rice tahdig develops at the bottom of the baking dish. Challow is served mainly with qormas korma stews or casseroles. Cooked the same as challow, but meat and stock, qorma, herbs, or a combination are blended in before the baking process. This creates elaborate colors, flavors, and aromas from which some rices are named. Caramelized sugar is also sometimes used to give the rice a rich brown color. Benefits Of Eating Asparagus here. An easy Moroccan lamb kebab recipe with video from Karen BurnsBooth, these quick lamb kebabs are flavoured with the Moroccan spices of cumin, coriander and harissa. Examples include Kabuli Pulao a national dish. Meat and stock is added, and topped with fried raisins, slivered carrots, and pistachios. Yakhni Palaw meat and stock added. Creates a brown rice. Zamarod Palaw spinach qorma mixed in before the baking process, hence zamarod or emerald. Bore Palaw qormeh Lawand added. Creates a yellow rice. Bonjan e Roomi Palaw qormeh Bonjan e Roomi tomato qorma added during baking process. Creates red rice. Serkah Palaw similar to yakhni pulao, but with vinegar and other spices. Shebet Palaw fresh dill, raisins added during baking process. Narenj Palaw a sweet and elaborate rice dish made with saffron, orange peel, pistachios, almonds and chicken. Maash Palaw a sweet and sour pulao baked with mung beans, apricots, and bulgur wheat. Exclusively vegetarian. Alou Balou Palaw sweet rice dish with cherries and chicken. This rice dish is cooked with water and acquires a sticky consistency. It is usually eaten with a qorma, such as Sabzi spinach or Shalgham turnips. With the addition of stock, meat, herbs, and grains, more elaborate dishes are created. Notable dishes include Mastawa, Kecheri Qoroot, and Shola. A sweet rice dish called Shir Birenj literally milk rice is often served as dessert. QormahKorma is a stew or casserole, usually served with chalau rice. Most are onion based onions are fried, then meat added, including a variety of fruits, spices, and vegetables, depending on the recipe. The onion is caramelized and creates a richly colored stew. There are over 1. Qormahs. Below are some examples Qormah e Alou Bokhara wa Dalnakhod onion based, with sour plums, lentils, and cardamom. Veal or chicken. Qormah e Nadroo onion based, with yogurt, lotus roots, cilantro, and coriander. Lamb or veal. Qormah e Lawand onion based, with yogurt, turmeric, and cilantro. Chicken, lamb, or beef. Qormah e Sabzi sauteed spinach and other greens. Lamb. Qormah e Shalgham onion based, with turnips and sugar sweet and sour taste. Lamb. Mantu in a steamer before cooking. Known as khameerbob and often eaten in the form of dumplings. These native dishes are popular, but due to the time consuming process of creating the dough for the dumplings, they are rarely served at large gatherings such as weddingscitation needed, but for more special occasions at home Mantu Dumplings filled with onion and ground beef or lamb. Mantu is steamed and usually topped with a tomato based sauce and a yogurt or qoroot based sauce. The yogurt based topping is usually a mixture of yogurt and garlic and split chickpeas. The qoroot based sauce is made of goat cheese and is also mixed with garlic a qoroot and yogurt mixture will sometimes be used. The dish is then topped with dried mint and corriander. Ashak a dish associated with Kabul. Dumplings filled with chives. Ashak is topped with garlic mint qoroot or a garlic yogurt sauce, sauted tomatoes, red kidney beans and a well seasoned ground meat mixture. Each family or village will have its own version of mantu and ashak, which creates a wide variety of dumplings. In the form of noodles, pasta is also commonly found in aush, a soup served with several regional variations. Afghan kebab is most often found in restaurants and outdoor vendor stalls. The most widely used meat is lamb. Recipes differ with every restaurant. Afghan kebab is served with naan, rarely rice, and customers have the option to sprinkle sumac or ghora, dried ground sour grapes, on their kebab. The quality of kebab is solely dependent on the quality of the meat. Pieces of fat from the sheeps tail jijeq are usually added with the lamb skewers to add extra flavor. Chopan Kebab being prepared. Other popular kebabs include the lamb chop, ribs, kofta ground beef and chicken, all of which are found in better restaurants. Chapli kebab, a specialty of Eastern Afghanistan, is a patty made from beef mince. It is a popular barbecue meal in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. The word Chapli comes from the Pashto word Chaprikh, which means flat. It is prepared flat and round, and served with naan. The original recipe of chapli kebab dictates a half meat or less, half flour mixture, which renders it lighter in taste and less expensive. Quroot or Qoroot is a reconstituted dairy product. It was traditionally a by product of butter made from sheep or goat milk. The residual buttermilk remaining after churning of the butter is soured further by keeping it at room temperature for a few days, treated with salt, and then boiled. The precipitated casein is filtered through cheesecloth, pressed to remove liquid, and shaped into balls. The product is thus a very sour cottage cheese. Quroot is hard and can be eaten raw. It is typically served with cooked Afghan dishes such as Ashak, Mantu, and Qeshla Qoroot, among others. Other Afghan food itemsedit. A table setting of Afghan food in Kabul. Badenjan eggplant, usually served for lunch as a light meal or as a side dish. It tastes best with thin bread along with plain yogurt or cold mint added. ShomlehShlombeh a cold drink made of yogurt that is sprinkled with fresh or dried mint. Afghan Kofta meatballcitation neededAfghan Kaddu Buranee sweet pumpkinsAfghan salad. Afghani burger. Ashak vegetable and chive filled dumplings topped with tomato and yogurt saucesAush hand made noodlesBichak small turnovers with various fillings, including potato and herbs, or ground meatShorba Afghan soup similar to borschtDolma stuffed grape leavesLondi, or gusht e qaaq spiced jerkyKichri sticky medium grain rice cooked with mung beans and onionsBadenjan cooked eggplant with potatoes and tomatoesBadenjan Burani fried slices of eggplant, topped with a garlicsour cream sauce and sprinkled with dried mintBaamiyah okraBolani somewhat similar to QuesadillaHalwaua e Aurd e Sujee. Nan e AfghanNan e Tandoori Afghan bread cooked in a vertical ground clay oven, or a tandoorNan e Tawagy flat bread cooked on a flat panOsh Pyozee stuffed onionMantu meat dumplings, usually served under a yogurt based white sauce. Mamtas Kitchen Recipe Search. Recipe Search. To search for recipes you can use the text search field. Click on Go to perform. Results will appear below. To show all the recipes in the database, leave the box. Go Click here for more. Search Results. Your search found 1. Recipe. Original Name. Keywords A Collection Of Barbecue Recipes  BBQ Selection  Barbecue Barbeque Easy Main Meat Quick Seafood Snack Student Vegetarian   A Collection Of Sandwich Recipes  Sandwich Filling Ideas  Buffet Indian Meat Sea Food Snack Vegetarian   Almond Milk Pudding  Badam ki Kheer  Dessert Diabetic Easy Indian Meetha Pudding Quick Student Sweet   Aubergine Mash 2 With Garlic  Baingan Bhurta 2  Baba Baingun Bengun Bhurta Brinjal Chokha Eggplant Ganoush Indian Lahsan Main Quick Starter Vegetarian   Black Eyed Beans Curry With Mustard Paste, A Quick Version  Lobhia Masaledar, Easy Version  Easy Fast Indian Lobia Main Quick Student Vegetarian   Chana Dal Split Bengal Gram with Spinach  Dal Palak Chana Dal aur Palak  Chana Chickpea Daal Dahl Dhal Indian Lentil Main Pulse Saag Sag Vegetarian   Potato Raita Chaat Dahi Alu 1 Dahi Aloo Chaat Raita 1  Buffet Chat Indian Raita Snack Street food vegetarian   Potato Raita ChaatDahi Alu 2  Aloo Raita 2  Aaloo Alu Easy Indian Main Quick Student Vegetarian  Atta Chapti Flour Gum Resin Laddoo Sweet Balls  Gond Goond aur Atte ke Laddoo  Dessert Indian Mithai Snack Sweet Vegetarian  Chaak Salt free Matharies from Northern India  Chaak  Biscuits Chak Indian Matari Mathari Mathra Maththi Matri Snack  Tarka, How to Temper Dals For a Smokey Flavour  Tarka Uttar Pradesh Style  Baghar Bhugar Buhgar Chaunk Chonk Dahl Dhal Indian smoky Tarka Tempering  A Collection Of Salad Dressing Recipes  Salad Dressings Recipes  Salad Vegetarian  A Collection Of Chapatti, Roti And Nan Recipes   A Collection Of Chapatti, Roti And Nan Recipes   Bread Chapatti Flat Indian Main Roti vegetarian  A Collection Of Cold Drink Ideas Cold Drinks Selection  Alcohol Free Cool Cooler Drink Drinks  A Collection Of Fruit Serving Ideas 1  Fruit Serving Suggestions 1  BBQ Buffet Dessert Fruit Phal Salad Starter  A Collection Of Fruits Serving Ideas 2 Fruit and Cheese Plate  Fruit Serving Suggestions 2  Dessert Easy Phal Quick Snack Student Vegetarian  A Collection Of Indian Chaat Spicy Street Food Recipes   Chatpati Chaat  Hot Indian Meat Pakorae Pakore Selection Snack Spicy Vegetarian  A Collection Of Paratha, Poori And Kachauri Recipes Indian Fried Breads  A Collection Of Paratha, Poori And Kachauri Recipes  Bhakri Breakfast Flat Bread Indian Main Parantha Parontha Parotha Parotta Parrotta Snack  A Collection of Dal Lentil Recipes And How to Recognize Cook Them  Dal Lentil Identification and Recipes  Daal Dahl Dalen Dhal Easy Indian Main Pulse Selection Vegetarian  A Collection of Jacket or Baked Potatoes Topping Ideas  Baked or Jacket Potatoes and Filling Ideas  Aaloo Aloo Main Meat Snack Starter Vegetarian  A Collection of KebabBurger Recipes A Collection of KebabBurger Recipes  Burgher Chicken Fish Indian Kabab Meat Poultry Sandwich Vegetarian  A Collection of Marinade Recipes Marinade Selection  Barbecue BBQ Chicken Fish Grill Grilled Main Meat Poultry Seafood Tandoori Vegetable  A Collection of Mixed Salad Recipes   A Collection of Mixed Salad Ideas   Buffet Easy Lunch Main Quick Salad Starter Student Vegetarian  A Collection of Mouth Fresheners From India Mukhwas  After dinner Indian Selection Vegetarian  A Collection of Pickle and Chutney Recipes Aachar aur Chatni Selection  Achar Chutney Conserve Meat Pickle Seafood Snack Starter Vegetarian  A Collection of Raita Recipes  Raita Yoghurt Recipe Selection  Curd Dahi Doi Indian Main Sauce Vegetarian  A Collection of Salad Recipe Ideas  A Collection of Salad Recipe Ideas  Buffet Easy Main Quick Starter Student Vegetarian  A Collection of Smoothie Recipe Ideas  Smoothie Selection  Diabetic Drink Non Indian smoothi smoothie smoothy  A Collection of Soup Recipes  Soup Selection  Fish Main Meat Seafood Starter Vegetarian  A Collection of Taco Shells And Burritos With Cold Fillings  Tacos Shells or Tortillas With Cold Fillings  BBQ Buffet Collection Mackerel Main Meat Mexican Picnic salmon Seafood Starter Tuna Vegetarian  A Collection of Tandoori Recipes  Tandoor Selection  Buffet Chicken Fish Indian Main Meat, Murga Poultry Seafood Starter  A Collection of Toast Toppings Recipes  Toast Toppings  Bread Breakfast Finger food Lunch Main Snack Supper  A collection of Cleansing Exfoliating Face MasksSkin packs Not a Food Item  Indian Ubtans Non Food Item  Cracked skin Cream exfoliator face pack Facial Indian Mask Selection Ubtan  Almond Burfi 1 Traditional  Badam Katli or Burfi 1  Barfi Dessert Indian Mithai Panjeeri Snack Squares, Sweet Vegetarian  Almond Burfi 2 A Quick, Double Cream Version Badam ki Barfi 2, Quick Version  Barfi Dessert Indian Mithai Panjeeri Snack Squares, Sweet Vegetarian  Almond Pastry Rolls Badam Rolls  Dessert Pastry Snack Sweet  Almond Saffron Milk Shake Kesar Badam Doodh  Almonds Badam Dudh Easy Milk shake Quick Student Thanda  Almond and Coconut Cake, Wheat Free  Badam aur Gole ka Cake  Cake Dessert Gluten Free Snack Swiss  Almond, Makhana and Melon Seed Savoury Snack  Badam, Makhana aur Kharbooje ke Beej ki Namkeen  Indian Namkee Namki Namkin Snack Vegetarian  Almonds Pistachio Milk Shake Badam Pista Doodh  Cold Cool Diabetic Drink Drinks Easy Quick Student  Aloe Vera Bhaji Stir Fry  Ghee Kuwaar Ki Sabji  Ghee Ghirt Indian Kumari kuwar Snack Vegetarian  Alu Bathua Paratha Potato Lambsquarter Paratha  Aloo Bathua Paratha  Alu Breakfast Flat Bread Indian lambs quarter Main Parantha Parontha Parotha Prantha Vegetarian  Alu Palak Paratha 1 Potato Spinach Paratha  Aloo Palak Paratha 1  Alu Breakfast Flat Bread Indian Main Palak Parantha Parontha Parotha Prantha Saag Sag Vegetarian  Alu Palak Paratha 2 Potato Spinach Paratha  Aloo Palak Paratha 2  Aaloo Aalu Breakfast Flat Bread Indian Main Parantha Parontha Parotha Prantha Vegetarian  Alu Methi Stuffed Paratha Potato Fenugreek Leaves  Aloo Methi Paratha  Aaloo Aalu Breakfast Flat Bread Indian Main Parantha Parontha Parotha Prantha Vegetarian  Alu Paratha Potato Stuffed Paratha  Aloo Paratha  Aalu Alu Bread Breakfast Flat Bread Indian Main Parantha Parontha Parotha Pratha Vegetarian  Amaranth Leaves Chowlii Bhaji  Cholii Saag Bhaji  Chaulai Chauli Chaulii Chaulli Chavlerr chawli Chowlai Chowli chowlii Chowli. Sweet Gluten free  Amaranth Seed Sweet Balls Laddoo or Burfi Squares  Chowlii Laddoo or Burfi  Chaulai, Chauli, Chaulii, Chaulli Chavlerr, chawli Chowlai, Chowli, chowlii Chowli.