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Ramadan Recipe - Suhoor Date Coffee Milkshake. 🤯
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Who is looking for Ramadan ideas? Let me know what you think of this. It’s DELICIOUS. 😋
⭐️ Ingredients
2 Cups Milk
1 Cup Frozen Banana
5 Dates
3 Tablespoons Peanut Butter
1 Cup Yogurt
3 Teaspoons Instant Coffee
5 Teaspoons Sugar
5 Teaspoons Water
⭐️ Steps
1. Make your coffee mixture. Take instant coffee, water, and sugar and blend with mixer and make fluffy. Set this aside.
2. Add milk, peanut butter, dates, bananas, and yogurt. Blend until smooth.
3. Next pour your shake, then pour the coffee mixture over it.
4. Finally, stir the coffee mixture into the shake mixture before serving.
#ramadanrecipes #ramadanprep #ramadan2023 #breakfasttime #suhoor
First, tap that save button.
Who is looking for Ramadan ideas? Let me know what you think of this. It’s DELICIOUS. 😋
⭐️ Ingredients
2 Cups Milk
1 Cup Frozen Banana
5 Dates
3 Tablespoons Peanut Butter
1 Cup Yogurt
3 Teaspoons Instant Coffee
5 Teaspoons Sugar
5 Teaspoons Water
⭐️ Steps
1. Make your coffee mixture. Take instant coffee, water, and sugar and blend with mixer and make fluffy. Set this aside.
2. Add milk, peanut butter, dates, bananas, and yogurt. Blend until smooth.
3. Next pour your shake, then pour the coffee mixture over it.
4. Finally, stir the coffee mixture into the shake mixture before serving.
#ramadanrecipes #ramadanprep #ramadan2023 #breakfasttime #suhoor
Afghan dum pukht. (Made in the instant pot. 🤩)
How does it look? Who wants more pressure cooker recipes? Full ingredient list and steps below 👇
1/4 Cup of cooking oil (or extra fat if your butcher will give it to you)
2 Cups of Aahu Barah rice (soaked and rinsed)
2.25 lb of bone-in meat (lamb or beef)
2 Tablespoons ginger garlic paste
1 chili pepper, diced (optional)
2 teaspoon coriander powder
2 teaspoon cumin seed
1 onion chopped
1 teaspoon salt (to start, must be adjusted as you cook)
1 chopped tomato
1 bouillon cube (optional)
1 Cup of water (adjust for your experience)
Cracked black pepper (to taste)
1. Set your instant pot or pressure cooker to saute. If you are using fat, render the fat. If oil, heat until ready to use. Make sure you have rinsed your rice, and it is soaking.
2. Saute your onions. Cook until nice and golden brown.
3. Add your ginger garlic paste. Cook for about 1 minute. Then add your chili pepper. Cook another 30 seconds.
4. Now add your spices of coriander and cumin.
5. Add your meat and ensure it’s covered in spices. Add salt. You want to brown the entire outside of the meat.
6. To build your pressure, add 1 Cup of water. Scrape the bottom. Add a bouillon cube if you wish. Cover and cook on high pressure for 30 minutes.
7. Uncover the rice, salt test, and add some cracked black pepper.
8. Add the soaked and rinsed rice. Also, add your chopped tomato. Cover and cook on high pressure for 20 minutes—the “brown rice” option if you have it.
#instantpot #instantpotrecipes #afghanfood #onepotmeal #afghanculture🇦🇫
How does it look? Who wants more pressure cooker recipes? Full ingredient list and steps below 👇
1/4 Cup of cooking oil (or extra fat if your butcher will give it to you)
2 Cups of Aahu Barah rice (soaked and rinsed)
2.25 lb of bone-in meat (lamb or beef)
2 Tablespoons ginger garlic paste
1 chili pepper, diced (optional)
2 teaspoon coriander powder
2 teaspoon cumin seed
1 onion chopped
1 teaspoon salt (to start, must be adjusted as you cook)
1 chopped tomato
1 bouillon cube (optional)
1 Cup of water (adjust for your experience)
Cracked black pepper (to taste)
1. Set your instant pot or pressure cooker to saute. If you are using fat, render the fat. If oil, heat until ready to use. Make sure you have rinsed your rice, and it is soaking.
2. Saute your onions. Cook until nice and golden brown.
3. Add your ginger garlic paste. Cook for about 1 minute. Then add your chili pepper. Cook another 30 seconds.
4. Now add your spices of coriander and cumin.
5. Add your meat and ensure it’s covered in spices. Add salt. You want to brown the entire outside of the meat.
6. To build your pressure, add 1 Cup of water. Scrape the bottom. Add a bouillon cube if you wish. Cover and cook on high pressure for 30 minutes.
7. Uncover the rice, salt test, and add some cracked black pepper.
8. Add the soaked and rinsed rice. Also, add your chopped tomato. Cover and cook on high pressure for 20 minutes—the “brown rice” option if you have it.
#instantpot #instantpotrecipes #afghanfood #onepotmeal #afghanculture🇦🇫
Instant Pot recipe! - Afghan-inspired oxtail. 😳
Happy Friday. Who wants to use their Instant Pot this weekend? 🧐 here is the recipe 👇
3 large potatoes cut into chunks
2.5 lbs of oxtails
Cooking Oil
3 Thinly Sliced Onions
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 black cardamom pod
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 chopped tomato
5 peeled garlic cloves
1 Cup of water
1 chili pepper (optional)
cilantro (garnish)
Recipe Steps
1. Heat your instant pot to saute with your cooking oil. Then, add your onions. Then add about a teaspoon of salt. You want to draw the water out. Cook the onions until brown.
2. Add your spices. Crush the black cardamom pod into large pieces.
3. Add your oxtails, and stir to cover the oxtails with all spices and onions. Brown well.
4. Add your tomato and garlic. (hot pepper optional)
5. Add your water. You must have the water to create the pressure in the Instant Pot.
6. This is a two-step pressure cooker recipe. Your oxtail will take much longer than the potatoes.
7. Pressure cook for 30 minutes.
8. Next, add your potatoes. Cover again and pressure cook for another 30 minutes. Salt and pepper as needed before serving.
#instantpot #instantpotrecipes #cooking #afghanculture #afghanfood
Happy Friday. Who wants to use their Instant Pot this weekend? 🧐 here is the recipe 👇
3 large potatoes cut into chunks
2.5 lbs of oxtails
Cooking Oil
3 Thinly Sliced Onions
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 black cardamom pod
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 chopped tomato
5 peeled garlic cloves
1 Cup of water
1 chili pepper (optional)
cilantro (garnish)
Recipe Steps
1. Heat your instant pot to saute with your cooking oil. Then, add your onions. Then add about a teaspoon of salt. You want to draw the water out. Cook the onions until brown.
2. Add your spices. Crush the black cardamom pod into large pieces.
3. Add your oxtails, and stir to cover the oxtails with all spices and onions. Brown well.
4. Add your tomato and garlic. (hot pepper optional)
5. Add your water. You must have the water to create the pressure in the Instant Pot.
6. This is a two-step pressure cooker recipe. Your oxtail will take much longer than the potatoes.
7. Pressure cook for 30 minutes.
8. Next, add your potatoes. Cover again and pressure cook for another 30 minutes. Salt and pepper as needed before serving.
#instantpot #instantpotrecipes #cooking #afghanculture #afghanfood
Let’s make some Afghan eggplant.
I’ve tweaked the recipe to make it quicker.
It’s also vegetarian. We call it borani banjan.
Do you love it?
Ingredients for the recipe
2 large eggplants (cut up and salted)
1/2 Cup cooking oil
1 thinly sliced onion
6 garlic cloves
1/2 Teaspoon of salt
1/2 Teaspoon powdered garlic
1/2 Teaspoon of tumeric
1/2 Teaspoon whole cumin
green chili (optional)
yogurt
chopped cilantro (garnish)
#afghan #afghanfood #vegetarian #vegetarianrecipe #afghanculture
I’ve tweaked the recipe to make it quicker.
It’s also vegetarian. We call it borani banjan.
Do you love it?
Ingredients for the recipe
2 large eggplants (cut up and salted)
1/2 Cup cooking oil
1 thinly sliced onion
6 garlic cloves
1/2 Teaspoon of salt
1/2 Teaspoon powdered garlic
1/2 Teaspoon of tumeric
1/2 Teaspoon whole cumin
green chili (optional)
yogurt
chopped cilantro (garnish)
#afghan #afghanfood #vegetarian #vegetarianrecipe #afghanculture
Afghan / Persian recipe. Beet salad! (1960s cookbook)
Who loves vintage cookbooks? Tell me your favorite.
Did you eat beets growing up as Iranian or Afghan? Tell me in the comments.
Here is the recipe.
⭐️ Ingredients
1/2 Cup Yogurt
1/2 lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
2 handfuls dried mint
1/2 teaspoon @burlapandbarrel powdered garlic
1 Can @libbysvegetables canned beets
Recipe:
Just mix it up and let chill for an hour or two.
#afghanfood #persianfood #vegetarianrecipes #quickrecipes #persianculture #afghanculture #afghan
Who loves vintage cookbooks? Tell me your favorite.
Did you eat beets growing up as Iranian or Afghan? Tell me in the comments.
Here is the recipe.
⭐️ Ingredients
1/2 Cup Yogurt
1/2 lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
2 handfuls dried mint
1/2 teaspoon @burlapandbarrel powdered garlic
1 Can @libbysvegetables canned beets
Recipe:
Just mix it up and let chill for an hour or two.
#afghanfood #persianfood #vegetarianrecipes #quickrecipes #persianculture #afghanculture #afghan
Let’s make Afghan palaw. Our colored rice!
This video is sponsored by @aahubarah. Go follow them right now, ok?
Recipe and ingredients below. Leave me a comment if you love this dish.
⭐️ Ingredients
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
4 Tablespoons of sugar
3 Cups soaked and rinsed Aahu Barah sela rice
3 Teaspoons of Salt
2 Teaspoons of Char Masala
⭐️ Recipe
1. Rinse and soak your rice. Soak the rice for a minimum of about 15-30 minutes.
2. Place oil in pan, and turn up to medium heat. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Next, add your sugar. Let the sugar turn a dark brown caramel color. Then, take pan off of the heat and set it aside.
4. Move on to your rice. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil—salt with your three tablespoons of salt. Add your rice and cook for about five minutes.
5. While that is cooking, bring your sugar solution back and put it on your stovetop. Before heating it, add about 1/2 Cup of water. Turn your heat back on to medium. You will probably notice that your sugar hardened up when it cooled down. That is ok. Now that you’ve added your water you will slowly warm it back up and your sugar will slowly loosen back up and you will have a nice easy beautiful brown liquid to pour over your rice.
6. Now that your rice is finished, you must drain your rice in. the sink. While the rice is sitting in your strainer, take the pot that you cooked it in and put it back on the stove. Pour a generous amount of oil in the bottom of the pan. This will keep it from sticking and give some nice texture to the bottom of your rice.
7. Heat your pan up and then take your rice from your strainer and pour it back into your oiled pot. Pour your caramelized liquid over the rice and stir in.
8. Add 2 teaspoons of char masala. Now take a large wooden spoon and poke some holes around your rice. This will allow the rice to steam correctly and not get all gummy. Then, cover it with a paper towel and then put a lid on it.
9. Place your rice in the oven at 425 degrees for 10 minutes and then 300 degrees for 20 minutes.
10. Take your rice out of the oven, fluff, and serve on a large beautiful platter.
#rice #cookingathome #afghan #afghanfood #afghanculture #ricerecipe
This video is sponsored by @aahubarah. Go follow them right now, ok?
Recipe and ingredients below. Leave me a comment if you love this dish.
⭐️ Ingredients
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
4 Tablespoons of sugar
3 Cups soaked and rinsed Aahu Barah sela rice
3 Teaspoons of Salt
2 Teaspoons of Char Masala
⭐️ Recipe
1. Rinse and soak your rice. Soak the rice for a minimum of about 15-30 minutes.
2. Place oil in pan, and turn up to medium heat. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Next, add your sugar. Let the sugar turn a dark brown caramel color. Then, take pan off of the heat and set it aside.
4. Move on to your rice. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil—salt with your three tablespoons of salt. Add your rice and cook for about five minutes.
5. While that is cooking, bring your sugar solution back and put it on your stovetop. Before heating it, add about 1/2 Cup of water. Turn your heat back on to medium. You will probably notice that your sugar hardened up when it cooled down. That is ok. Now that you’ve added your water you will slowly warm it back up and your sugar will slowly loosen back up and you will have a nice easy beautiful brown liquid to pour over your rice.
6. Now that your rice is finished, you must drain your rice in. the sink. While the rice is sitting in your strainer, take the pot that you cooked it in and put it back on the stove. Pour a generous amount of oil in the bottom of the pan. This will keep it from sticking and give some nice texture to the bottom of your rice.
7. Heat your pan up and then take your rice from your strainer and pour it back into your oiled pot. Pour your caramelized liquid over the rice and stir in.
8. Add 2 teaspoons of char masala. Now take a large wooden spoon and poke some holes around your rice. This will allow the rice to steam correctly and not get all gummy. Then, cover it with a paper towel and then put a lid on it.
9. Place your rice in the oven at 425 degrees for 10 minutes and then 300 degrees for 20 minutes.
10. Take your rice out of the oven, fluff, and serve on a large beautiful platter.
#rice #cookingathome #afghan #afghanfood #afghanculture #ricerecipe
My khalla (aunt) joined me to make Khajoor. 😊
Khajoor is Afghan donut recipe.
This is her first time on video. Please leave a nice comment below for her! 👇❤️.
🌟 Ingredients
6 Cups All-Purpose Flour
2 Cups Chapati Flour
1/4 Cup Sooji Flour
1 Teaspoon of Cardamom
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon of Salt
1 Tablespoon of Yeast
2 Cups of Sugar
1 Cup of Oil
2 Eggs
Milk (by feel, but about 1 1/12 Cups)
⭐️ Recipe
1. Mix your dry ingredients in the bowl.
2. Then, add 1 Cup of oil and two eggs. Mix this into your dry ingredients.
3. Now you will slowly, 1/2 Cup at a time, pour your milk into the dough as you knead the dough. We ended up using about 1 1/2 Cups. mix the dough until it comes together. If you can, let the dough set for an hour or two.
4. After rested, grease your hands. This is my khallas trick. She does not use flour to keep her dough from sticking. She finds that it makes her fry oil brown and makes a mess! Cut the dough into four pieces just to make it easier to manage. Roll the piece out into a long strip, then you are going to cut into smaller pieces. (watch the video)
5. Next, roll the pieces into ball, then you will roll it out again into a little strip, then push your fingers into to make the proper khajoor shape. Next, heat your oil to the appropriate frying temperature. This is usually around 365 degrees F.
6. Next, your donuts will be done when they float and then turn a golden brown. It is essential to control your oil temperature so that they don’t get burned on the outside and raw on the inside.
#donuts🍩 #afghan #afghanculture #afghanfood #afghanwomen #cookingathome #desserttiktok
Khajoor is Afghan donut recipe.
This is her first time on video. Please leave a nice comment below for her! 👇❤️.
🌟 Ingredients
6 Cups All-Purpose Flour
2 Cups Chapati Flour
1/4 Cup Sooji Flour
1 Teaspoon of Cardamom
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon of Salt
1 Tablespoon of Yeast
2 Cups of Sugar
1 Cup of Oil
2 Eggs
Milk (by feel, but about 1 1/12 Cups)
⭐️ Recipe
1. Mix your dry ingredients in the bowl.
2. Then, add 1 Cup of oil and two eggs. Mix this into your dry ingredients.
3. Now you will slowly, 1/2 Cup at a time, pour your milk into the dough as you knead the dough. We ended up using about 1 1/2 Cups. mix the dough until it comes together. If you can, let the dough set for an hour or two.
4. After rested, grease your hands. This is my khallas trick. She does not use flour to keep her dough from sticking. She finds that it makes her fry oil brown and makes a mess! Cut the dough into four pieces just to make it easier to manage. Roll the piece out into a long strip, then you are going to cut into smaller pieces. (watch the video)
5. Next, roll the pieces into ball, then you will roll it out again into a little strip, then push your fingers into to make the proper khajoor shape. Next, heat your oil to the appropriate frying temperature. This is usually around 365 degrees F.
6. Next, your donuts will be done when they float and then turn a golden brown. It is essential to control your oil temperature so that they don’t get burned on the outside and raw on the inside.
#donuts🍩 #afghan #afghanculture #afghanfood #afghanwomen #cookingathome #desserttiktok
Afghan Dopiaza. Stew w onions “two ways.”
This is my favorite Afghan meat dish. Did you eat this growing up? Here is the recipe 👇🇦🇫
Ingredients
2.5 pounds of bone-in meat (lamb, beef, or goat)
2 Tablespoons of cooking oil.
4 Large Onions
White Vinegar
2 Cups of Split Lentils (yellow is traditional)
3 Garlic Cloves Crushed
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Tumeric
Ground Black Pepper
4 Cups of Water
Recipe Steps
1. First, prepare your onions. Slice the onions very thin. Take half and set them aside. Take the other half and soak it in white vinegar for quick pickling.
2. Next, heat your pressure cooker so that you can saute. Add your cooking oil. Saute the onions until soft.
3. While the onions soften, simmer your lentil until soft in a different pot.
4. Add your crushed garlic cloves to the pressure cooker, and add your meat.
5. Now add some simple spices. The focus of the flavor is the meat and onions. Add your salt, pepper, and tumeric.
6. Then pour your 4 Cups of water over the meat. Stir.
7. Cook in your Instant Pot on high pressure, meat, and for 30 minutes.
8. For the base, you want to lay some thin bread over your platter. Then, spoon your meat. Add your cooked lentils over it and then, finally, add your pickled onions.
#instantpot #instantpotrecipes #afghan #afghanculture #stew
This is my favorite Afghan meat dish. Did you eat this growing up? Here is the recipe 👇🇦🇫
Ingredients
2.5 pounds of bone-in meat (lamb, beef, or goat)
2 Tablespoons of cooking oil.
4 Large Onions
White Vinegar
2 Cups of Split Lentils (yellow is traditional)
3 Garlic Cloves Crushed
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Tumeric
Ground Black Pepper
4 Cups of Water
Recipe Steps
1. First, prepare your onions. Slice the onions very thin. Take half and set them aside. Take the other half and soak it in white vinegar for quick pickling.
2. Next, heat your pressure cooker so that you can saute. Add your cooking oil. Saute the onions until soft.
3. While the onions soften, simmer your lentil until soft in a different pot.
4. Add your crushed garlic cloves to the pressure cooker, and add your meat.
5. Now add some simple spices. The focus of the flavor is the meat and onions. Add your salt, pepper, and tumeric.
6. Then pour your 4 Cups of water over the meat. Stir.
7. Cook in your Instant Pot on high pressure, meat, and for 30 minutes.
8. For the base, you want to lay some thin bread over your platter. Then, spoon your meat. Add your cooked lentils over it and then, finally, add your pickled onions.
#instantpot #instantpotrecipes #afghan #afghanculture #stew