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Bolani

Name: Bolani
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Afghanistan
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 150ml Water; 1 tsp Salt; 3 Potato; 4 Green Onion; A pinch Cilantro; 1/2 tsp Chili powder; To taste Vegetable Oil; 200g Plain yogurt; 1 clove Garlic; A pinch Dried mint

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⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Thin dough filled with potato and green onion and griddled — Afghanistan's thin stuffed flatbread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bolani is a thin stuffed flatbread loved in Afghan homes and at street stalls: thinly rolled dough is wrapped around mashed potato, green onion, pumpkin, lentils, or the like and cooked on a griddle. It's eaten with yogurt sauce or chutney (an herb sauce) and often appears at Ramadan dinners and celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a street stall in Kabul, bolani packed with potato are cooked one after another and handed over with yogurt sauce.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

All-purpose flour 300g
Water 150ml
Salt 1 tsp
Potato 3
Green Onion 4
Cilantro A pinch
Chili powder 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil To taste
Plain yogurt 200g
Garlic 1 clove
Dried mint A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the flour, water, and salt and rest 30 minutes.
Boil and mash the potatoes and mix with chopped green onion, cilantro, chili powder, and salt.
Divide the dough into 6 and roll each into a thin round.
Spread potato thinly over half, fold into a half-moon, and press the edges.
Cook in an oiled frying pan until browned on both sides.
Serve with a sauce of yogurt mixed with garlic and dried mint.

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