Afghanistan

Ashak

Name: Ashak
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Afghan
Ingredients: 2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); Water, about 1/2 cup; 2 leeks or gandana very finely chopped leek; 4 chopped spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1/2 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 250 g lamb or beef mince minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat); 1 chopped onion; 1/4 cup tomato puree; 1 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 cup thick yoghurt hung curd (greek yogurt); 2 cloves crushed garlic; 1 tsp dried mint mint leaves; Salt, to taste

Leek dumplings with garlicky yoghurt and a meaty tomato sauce. Afghanistan's festive green parcels.

90 minTime

25 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Eid dumplings1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayLeek dumplings, garlic yoghurt and meat sauce.

The original

527kcalsame

25 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

90minutessame

Classic Afghan ashak.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups

Waterabout 1/2 cup

Leek2 leeks or gandana, very finely chopped

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)4, chopped

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)½ tsp

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)250 g lamb or beef mince

Onion1, chopped

Tomato puree¼ cup

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Hung curd (greek yogurt)1 cup thick yoghurt

Garlic2 cloves, crushed

Mint leaves1 tsp dried mint

Saltto taste

Method

6 steps

1Knead flour, salt and water into a firm dough. Rest 30 minutes.
2Salt the leeks and spring onion, squeeze out water and mix with chilli.
3Make a meat sauce: brown onion and mince in oil, add tomato puree, coriander, salt and a little water. Simmer 15 minutes.
4Roll dough thin, cut rounds, fill with leeks and fold into half moons, sealing well.
5Boil or steam the dumplings until the wrappers are tender.
6Spread garlic yoghurt on a platter, top with dumplings, more yoghurt, meat sauce and dried mint.

Serve it like this

Serve on a large platter with yoghurt underneath and on top, the red meat sauce spooned over, sprinkled with mint.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Afghanistan

Ashak

Leek dumplings with garlicky yoghurt and a meaty tomato sauce. Afghanistan's festive green parcels.

90 minTime

25 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Eid dumplings1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayLeek dumplings, garlic yoghurt and meat sauce.

The original

527kcalsame

25 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

90minutessame

Classic Afghan ashak.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups

Waterabout 1/2 cup

Leek2 leeks or gandana, very finely chopped

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)4, chopped

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)½ tsp

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)250 g lamb or beef mince

Onion1, chopped

Tomato puree¼ cup

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Hung curd (greek yogurt)1 cup thick yoghurt

Garlic2 cloves, crushed

Mint leaves1 tsp dried mint

Saltto taste

Method

6 steps

1Knead flour, salt and water into a firm dough. Rest 30 minutes.
2Salt the leeks and spring onion, squeeze out water and mix with chilli.
3Make a meat sauce: brown onion and mince in oil, add tomato puree, coriander, salt and a little water. Simmer 15 minutes.
4Roll dough thin, cut rounds, fill with leeks and fold into half moons, sealing well.
5Boil or steam the dumplings until the wrappers are tender.
6Spread garlic yoghurt on a platter, top with dumplings, more yoghurt, meat sauce and dried mint.

Serve it like this

Serve on a large platter with yoghurt underneath and on top, the red meat sauce spooned over, sprinkled with mint.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

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