Im Doing A Project For School On Afghanistan, I Was Wondering If Anyone Knew Any Afghani Dessert Recipies?

Question

Im Thinking That Maybe Some Sort Of Dessert Would Be Okay,Or Maybe Even A Dip Or Drink(Non-Acholic).

If You Have Any Ideas Or Suggestions,Please(Please,Please,Please,... Let Me Know.

Thx,

Jayme♥

Answer 1

recipe or just the name of the dessert? - PT

check out these sites:

http://asiarecipe.com/afgdesserts.html

http://rumela.com/recipe/continental_rec...

http://www.cookbookwiki.com/Afghanistan

http://www.everyrecipe.info/search.php?s...

Example of the recipe:

Kaddo Bourani (Afghani Baked Pumpkin With Yogurt Sauce)

2(3lb) sugar pumpkin

1/4 cup corn oil, plus

2 tablespoons corn oil or other neutral oil

3 cups sugar

2 cups plain yogurt(do not use nonfat)

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon dried mint

1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste

Directions

1Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

2Cut the pumpkins in half through the stem end, and cut out the long stringy fibers.

3Cut each pumpkin half into 3- to 4-inch pieces.

4There should be about 8 pieces from each pumpkin.

5Using a vegetable peeler, pare the rind from the pumpkins, digging the peeler down a little to remove more than just the superficial layer of rind.

6Place the pumpkin pieces hollow sides up in a baking pan large enough to hold them in a single layer.

7Coat both sides of the pieces, using all of the the oil.

8Pour all the sugar evenly over the pieces.

9Cover the pan.

10Bake the pumpkins until the color turns darker orange and becomes nearly translucent, and the texture is extremely tender, about 3 hours and 15 minutes.

11Baste the pieces once with the pan juices after 2 1/2 hours of baking.

12The Yogurt Sauce: Stir together the yogurt, garlic, mint and salt.

13Cover and refrigerate until serving time.

14Just before serving, taste and add more salt if necessary.

15Yields 2 cups sauce.

16For each serving: Spoon about 2 tablespoons of the yogurt sauce onto a plate.

17Using the back of the spoon, spread the sauce a little.

18Using a slotted spoon, remove 2 pieces of the pumpkin from the pan and center them on the sauce.

19Add more sauce to taste.

Answer 2

Try these websites:

http://www.rumela.com/recipe/continental...

http://afghana.com/Directories/Recipes.h...

http://www.elook.org/recipes/asian/afgha...

http://www.afghanonline.com/recipes/

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I personally like the Afghani cookies (similar to Indian cardamom cookies):

Khatai Cookies

Ingredients

1.5 cups all purpose flour

1 cup sugar, to taste

3/4 cup oil

1/2 tsp ground cardamom

finely ground pistachio pieces

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the flour with the sugar and ground cardamon. Next, slowly add the oil and mix well.

Make the dough into two inch round balls and put them on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 min, or until just lightly browned.  Sprinkle with finely ground pistachios on top of the cookies while they are still hot.