🇦🇫Afghan Recipes
Discover Afghan cuisine — hearty rice dishes, tender lamb, savory dumplings, and the legendary Kabuli Palaw.
12 recipes
Afghan cuisine is the unsung hero of Central Asian cooking. Sharing deep roots with Persian and Indian traditions, it has a distinct identity built around generous rice dishes, slow-braised meats, and hand-crafted dumplings (mantu, aushak). Kabuli Palaw — fragrant rice with carrots, raisins, and lamb — is the national dish and a symbol of Afghan hospitality.
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Qabili Gosht (قابلی گوشت) — Afghan Lamb and Rice Pilaf, Aromatic and Hearty
Qabili Gosht is a celebratory Afghan pilaf where fragrant basmati rice steams over tender lamb and a sweet-savory carrot-raisin topping. It’s closely related to Kabuli-style pulao and is prized for its aroma, balance, and generous hospitality.
130 min 6 740 cal
