Afghanistan cookery

[maggi]

Does anyone know of some traditional Afghanistan dishes. My friend who is staying is fed up with the currys I keep feeding him but cant explain what he usually eats.

isn't it more like Middle Eastern / Lebanese / Persian food - grilled meat, tabbouleh, pilau-like rice dishes?

lol...I shall ask dh...he might now...seeing that he is in Afghanistan right now...althoguh, not sure if he does get much of the local cuisine or if it is mainly cookhouse and english dishes....

I have a nice cookbook, Afghan Food & Cookery by Helen Saberi. I don't know if it's available in the UK or not, but I've used it a couple of times. I especially like the emerald rice, even though it involves three or four pots at once, at one point in the process. Everything winds up together and it's a good 1-dish meal. There are a few indexing problems with the cookbook, but nothing you can't figure out eventually. Good luck!