⭐ 3/5
15 years ago
The book is intriguiging. It seems to be quite authentic. The dishes appear to be a mix of influenced of Indian and Persian cooking, which sounds quite reasonable if you look at the geographic situation of Afghanistan and the influences it has probably experienced throughout history.
Lamb and chicken features a lot, as does rice and yoghurt. Most dishes are just variations of one another, though I don't find this particularly irritating. There are quite a few pasta dishes which make me wonder if this is were Marco Polo picked up the later Italianized pasta. Simple stews abound with again both Persian as well as Indian influences showing. Some of the dishes I made looked not only simple but even primitive, as if the recipes weren't too far removed yet from simple fire place cooking. But maybe my fantasy is being carried away now.
It has a longish section on Afghan food, cooking etc., though unfortunately it does not have a reasonable glossary - what is chapati flour? I found chapati br... Read more
Lamb and chicken features a lot, as does rice and yoghurt. Most dishes are just variations of one another, though I don't find this particularly irritating. There are quite a few pasta dishes which make me wonder if this is were Marco Polo picked up the later Italianized pasta. Simple stews abound with again both Persian as well as Indian influences showing. Some of the dishes I made looked not only simple but even primitive, as if the recipes weren't too far removed yet from simple fire place cooking. But maybe my fantasy is being carried away now.
It has a longish section on Afghan food, cooking etc., though unfortunately it does not have a reasonable glossary - what is chapati flour? I found chapati br... Read more