*Requests by my son - Afghan macaroni*

This dish is still quite new to us but made it straight into our list of favourites so I was not surprised at all that my son asked for this.

It’s basically pasta with a tasty tomato sauce - but made very special by the lemony quark sauce it’s resting on.

The quark could be easily replaced by a thick Greek style yoghurt. The kidney beans in the sauce are barely noticeable which is a good thing in my book 😅

https://www.copymethat.com/r/nyvuw12ffd/afghan-macaroni/

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The last three days we had meals inspired by several cuisines: Ukrainian/Russian and German, Afghan, and Japanese.

We started with Pelmeni (dumplings, filled with minced meat) and German Maultaschen (bigger dumplings, filled with meat and vegetables) served in a crème fraîche sauce. I based this on my German Maultaschen recipe but I used spicy Italian Pancetta and blanched julienned Kohlrabi leaves to make it somewhat different.

https://www.copymethat.com/r/sguZ3hrc7/maultaschen-with-bacon-and-creme-fraiche/

We did another run of the Afghan pasta dish with the quark sauce and it was really, really good again.

https://www.copymethat.com/r/nyvuw12ffd/afghan-macaroni/

Today we had sweet and savoury meat tofu with Donburi sauce on Japanese rice, accompanied by shredded Napa cabbage, kimchi from a tin, spring onions, sesame seeds and a sprinkle of Tekka Miso. By accident I defrosted smoked tofu but I think it worked even better than the natural version.

https://www.copymethat.com/r/WXxXTrphJ/sweet-and-savoury-meat-tofu/

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An Afghan Macaroni dish, recipe by Ramin who runs a cooking channel on another platform - I’ve been eyeing up his fantastic food for a while now 🤩

I think I never prepared Afghan cuisine before and I would have never expected the first one to be a pasta dish 🤣 We really liked this one a lot, the lemony quark cream as a first layer on the plate made it really refreshing. Next you add the pasta shells and then the meaty tomato sauce (the sauce was like a chilli with kidney beans). On top you put a little homemade turmeric/garlic oil, dried mint and chopped fresh coriander. The coriander simply shone on it. I didn’t even notice the kidney beans (not a big fan 😅), it was that good!

It’s easy to make and there is a written up recipe in German on Ramin’s video post. If you would like an English version of this, see below, I made one for my own recipe notes.

Since I’m cooking Indian food a lot, this wasn’t a challenge at all, we always have chilli, turmeric, ground coriander, fresh coriander and dried mint in the house. But I had to get lactose free quark because that’s where I draw a line for my slight lactose intolerance.

Recipe in English:
https://www.copymethat.com/r/nyvuw12ffd/afghan-macaroni/

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On to the entree!
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Afghan food! Try something new, I say!
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Best Afghan restaurant in town pulled out all the stops to welcome our friends who have arrived in Glasgow from #Gaza. Miracles happen - what a feast for body, mind and soul. #refugeeswelcome #AfghanFood #Peace