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Sugarplums

Beautiful & delicious: Superb in every way!

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 13 aprile 2021

Absolutely amazing cookbook...probably my favorite of my many cookbooks. Always enjoy trying new cuisine from places around the world but this book is especially superb. Zillions of photographs, photos of every recipe or close thereof, gorgeous color-scheme (all that teal/aqua/turquoise just makes everything look fresh and luscious) and the recipes are DELICIOUS. I also look forward to reading some of the cultural history and life story of the author. I grew up on a sheep farm so I always adore good lamb recipes which this cookbook has aplenty, while also having copious chicken, beef, fish and vegetarian dishes as well. The majority of recipes can be made with ingredients from a normal small-town grocery although I did order coriander seeds, a mortar and pestle, cardamom pods, chana dal (split yellow chickpea lentils), canoli tubes, rice, rose water and yellow split peas from Amazon.com because they weren’t available locally and I really wanted to try certain recipes. There are plenty of recipes that don’t require unusual ingredients and supplies. Lots of recipes utilize an onion, fresh tomatoes, sunflower oil and coriander. There are also a number of curry dishes that use cumin and turmeric if you like curries. I’m not sure I could even pick one recipe as a favorite because so many of them were some of the best foods I’ve ever had. The cream rolls (sort of like cream horns, using non-stick canoli tubes to wrap the pastry dough and then filling with a slightly sweetened whipping cream once baked) were soooo delicious: flaky and crispy while still soft and were made by my 9-year-old so if a kid can make them, I’m sure you can too! The filled flatbreads, bolinis, were extraordinarily delicious: there are recipes for four different fillings and I’ve tried the chicken and the potato (there is also a winter squash filling that looks amazing). Wonderful cucumber-yogurt sauces and the best chutney I’ve ever eaten: red pepper with red chili (chutney morcheh sorkh). The Afghan eggs I’ve already made numerous times because it’s the perfect combo of sautéed onion and chili pepper, eggs and fresh tomato. The kolcheh nowrozi (the patterned shortbread cookies I’ve pictured) were easy to make and gorgeous as well as a fun activity for my kids to draw designs in. I will mention that my rose water must be a different strength than the author’s so after I added the 2 1/2 tablespoons of rosewater, the dough and resulting cookies were absolutely inedible so they became just a gorgeous centerpiece so I’ll be making them again without the rosewater or with only 1/2 tsp or so. I also used less sunflower oil than some recipes called for. The mantu dumplings were my first time making dumplings from scratch and I found rolling the dough out quite difficult but soooo much fun to fold. If I made those again, I’d add more than the recommended amount of filling (which is made of cabbage, carrot and onion). The ground lamb kofta sauce is delicious...sort of like a gourmet chili. The beef kebab is one of my favorites too. And so many more recipes I plan to try!: cardamom pod milk tea, lamb kebabs, salad, rice dishes, etc. Beautiful and delicious! The perfect cookbook combo!

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Jérôme Gagnon-Boivin

Excellent!

Recensito in Canada 🇨🇦 il 27 agosto 2022

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Nous cuisinons souvent avec ce livre et nous obtenons toujours un résultat délicieux!

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Tonya Harmon

Full of flavor

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 13 novembre 2021

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I bought this cookbook for the stories and to learn more about Afghan food. A few weeks later it came into good use when I signed up to make 2 meals for 22 Afghan refugees who were unaccompanied minors. Together with several friends we made several recipes from this cookbook. We loved the flavors and will be making them again to enjoy ourselves.

The recipes we made were the walnut cookies, the fried cookies, lamb with dried plums in a tomato sauce, rice with toasted vermicelli, chickpeas in a tomato sauce (fantastic), as well as a chicken dish and a squash dish. While the recipe names are new to us, the recipes are easy to follow and full of flavor. Loved them all and we hope we brought a bit of home to the kids while they wait in tents for their new homes in the US. We did cut back on the use of oil in some of the recipes and if I were to make the meat ones again I would probably alter the recipes slightly to follow more standard methods to cook them to avoid drying out the meat. Love the cookbook.

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Mark Pappler

A Cookbook I Long Hoped for... and more!

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 25 novembre 2020

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As a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan in the early 1970s, I remember of fabulous landscapes, rich history and tradition, and most of all warm and welcoming people. At the time, I shared a compound with my landlord and his family. Almost every night, I spent time with one of his sons who was open and eager to share his culture and perspectives. Though often our opinions differed, we were always engaged and thoughtful in response to each other and recognized the opportunity we shared. One of the great pleasures for me was to learn about Afghan cuisine and hospitality. Whenever my landlord's family were cooking for a special occasion they always made extra fro me. If I was suffering a cold, they prepared food for me to help with whatever symptoms I was experiencing.

It's really a shame that these wonderful people have suffered the interminable disruption and catastrophe of war.

Parwana reminds me of not just the great meals I experienced but also, and more importantly, the very human connection that I still cherish nearly a half-century later. This book showcases the centrality of family in Afghan culture and is a prime example of how food feeds the belly and the soul. If I could add a sixth star, I would.

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Jana Tyrrell

Great book, authentic recipes

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 30 giugno 2022

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Bought this book for a family member who took in 2 Afghani refugee teenage boys. Was well worth it after seeing the joy on their faces after we cooked some meals from the book. A little taste of home helped ease the homesickness.

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M

Afghan approved

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 3 gennaio 2022

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Take it from an afghan daughter of a family that has owned an afghan restaurant for 15+ years, this recipe book is worth its weight in gold. Not only do the ingredients of this book stay true to roots, but the artistry in describing Afghan history, family values, and stunning pictures is enough bring much needed joyous conversation about Afghanistan amongst my family. I got this book for myself and as a conversation piece for my guests, but it has been passed between my parents, pored over page by page, then my in laws, and extended family. I will be purchasing another book, because my first copy has found a home at my aunts, and most likely more for gift giving. Well done Durkhanai, and thank you.

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Lani J O'Callaghan

Important celebrations included

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 2 maggio 2022

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We are emotionally supporting an Afghan family of ten who arrived December 2021. Parwana has enabled us to cook for a big gathering March 21st for the Afghan New Year (Nowroz) presenting the dishes usually cooked for this celebration. Same for Eid.

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Clarisse Yeo

Fantastic

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 12 giugno 2022

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Delivery was efficient and we loved the recipes!

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sumbeen

Thanks for helping a girl out

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 10 marzo 2022

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My husband is from Afghanistan and just recently moved to the US. I’ve been struggling to find good Afghan recipes. I saw the author on YouTube and bought this book. I’m in LOVE with it. Definitely worth the purchase. Plus my husband loves looking through this with me to pick out things to try

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Truman Price Columbia Books

A wonderful cookbook, beautifully written and photoed, but TOO HARD TO READ

Recensito negli Stati Uniti 🇺🇸 il 1 settembre 2021

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I was looking for an actual cookbook, and this is a good one, but the publisher steered the authors toward a silly coffee table book. The print is so small and poorly defined, pale brown on white or even pale blue, that it is impossible to cook from.
So disappointing because this is a wonderful book, with a little story about each recipe, clear directions, and beautiful photographs. I hope when this goes into another edition, the authors will switch to a publisher that understands their book! I gave the book 5 stars, but the publisher would get one, or none if possible.

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