Indian-style cuisine, based on rice. Most modern restaurants in Kabul offer international cuisine as well as Afghan specialties.
Things to know: Afghan dishes can be very good, but spicy. Vegetarians are not well catered for in Afghanistan. Cutlery is not normally used, and food is eaten with the right hand, often using bread (nan) as a scoop.
National specialties:
• The most common dish is
pulao - steamed rice with raisins and carrot. This is usually served with a side dish of meat, vegetables or beans.
• The most popular variant is
qabli pulao (sometimes mistakenly
called
Kabuli pulao), served with lamb.
• Soup (
shorma) is common, as are kebabs.
• Afghanistan abounds in seasonal fruit, most notably melons from Mazar-e Sharif and Maimana, grapes and pomegranates from Kandahar and oranges from Jalalabad.
National drinks: • The most common drink is tea (
chai).
Tipping: Service is normally included.
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