These are meatballs for when your grandmother isn’t coming over. They are garlicky and full of spices, with jolly hard-boiled eggs for added satisfaction, providing a great mess of comfort food for a cold winter night. I got the recipe from Cracking Curries, and added the pressure cooker option, which makes the meatballs oh-so tender. The […]
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Afghani Meat Sauce, Bulghur Pilaf with Spinach and Fried Onions, Yogurt Sauce
This meal is hearty, chock-full-of-nutrients, and fairly quick. The meat recipe is one I picked up along the way and the bulghur recipe is from the Almost Turkish blog. The yogurt sauce on the side is optional but it adds a nice balance to the meat. If you want to make the recipes separately, the […]
Cabbage Stuffed with Lamb and Barley
It’s hard to find a good cabbage roll. Some of them are just absurdly large. Others are in a gross tomato sauce. A lot of them simply have too much rice and not enough spice. Well, problem solved! Here’s my adaptation of this recipe from Almost Turkish. The lamb makes these pack a flavor wallop, […]
Sherwa – Afghani Lamb Soup
This soup is simple and satisfying and turns out great in the crockpot or pressure cooker. It’s essentially a flavorful lamb-based broth with large chunks of root vegetables floating in it. It’s traditionally served with strips of flatbread immersed in it, which I think is even tastier when the bread is stale. You can use […]
Lamb Kibbeh Hotdish
Kibbeh is a combination of ground lamb and bulghur*, and is eaten throughout the Levant. It can be prepared in countless ways, from raw to deep fried. Here’s my version of a baked style, made into a hotdish with potatoes and tomatoes. I have changed and refined this recipe, and it’s very similar to Alex’s […]