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Cooking like a local in Afghanistan

Last activity 26 March 2018 by Josephlamcma

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Priscilla

Hello,

Enjoying the local food of your expat country is great, but learning to cook the dishes yourself is even better. Please share what it's like cooking like a local in Afghanistan.

What are some of the most popular local dishes that are easy to prepare?

What are the most common ingredients used in dishes in Afghanistan? Where can you purchase them?

Is there a specific technique or a secret ingredient to master the local cuisine?

Are there resources available to teach you to cook like a local (classes, websites, etc.)?

What are the advantages of learning to prepare local dishes in Afghanistan?

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Priscilla

Fozil Sohibov

Hello,

Afghan dishes are different and very nice. but very common dishes are rice. Dishes with rice is called Palaw and theere are several type of Palaw.
There are a lot of markets where you can buy all food staff as well as in Supermarket. There are other dishes like mantoo, kebab, different type of soup; like  shurba, Ashak etc.
Most of people cook dishes at home. Also restaurants are very popular and people visit them.

Josephlamcma

it's very important to know for Afghanistan we have different local Dishes the food is very good and is very easy to make
so many ingredients for this dishes you can get it for the local market

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