Afghan Restaurants

Eating establishments that offer the cuisine of Afghanistan which represents a blend of Indian and Middle Eastern tastes and features specialties such as bowlanies (meat, potato and onion turnovers served with yogurt sauce), sambosas (flaky pastry with seasoned ground beef and vegetables), aushak (pasta shells filled with green onions and served with spiced beef and yogurt sauce), saebzi chalow (spiced spinach with lamb), bahnjahn bouranee (eggplant with spicy beef and yogurt sauce), morgh lawand chalow (boneless chicken cooked in yogurt and fresh coriander), kabell (seasoned basmati rice with chicken or lamb topped with almonds, sauteed carrots and raisins), kabili palow (brown rice with raisins and carrots), chalow kadu (sauteed pumpkin), deep fried vegetables in a spicy batter and kabobs made with beef, lamb, chicken and shrimp. Beverages may include dogh (a yogurt drink), aymak chai (milk tea) and Afghan tea.