Recipe: Appetizing Afghani Bolani

Afghani Bolani. Stuff your bolani with whatever suits your fancy. These are my potato stuffed bolani. I personally like the spinach filling a bit more, but there are pretty darn tasty, too!

I want to share my love for cooking with you all. If you want to learn quick and easy recipes. Bolani (Dari: بولانی) Periki (Pashto: پارکی) is a flat-bread from Afghanistan, baked or fried with a vegetable filling. You can have Afghani Bolani using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Afghani Bolani

1. Prepare 3 1/2 cup of flour.
2. It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
3. Prepare 4 tablespoon of melted butter.
4. You need 1 1/4 cup of water.
5. Prepare of Oil for frying.

It has a thin crust and can be stuffed with a variety of ingredients, such as potatoes, lentils, pumpkin, chives, or leeks. Bolani is a popular stuffed flat bread in Afghanistan. Bolani is easy to make and a tasty treat, these can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish. Now, heat a quarter cup of olive oil in a large frying pan, preferably the size should be larger than the bolani so it can be fried easily.

Afghani Bolani step by step

1. Combine flour with salt. Add melted butter and rub in.
2. Add water.
3. Form a very soft dough. It should be quite sticky. Allow it to rest for 15 minutes..
4. Take a pinch of the dough. In a floured surface, roll the dough into very thin circle. Note: Make sure it is very thin..
5. Prepare your filling as you wish. For mine, fry onions, garlic n ginger with little oil. Add shredded chicken(cooked), spices, seasoning & bonnet ppr. Add boiled sweet potatoe, roughly mashed and stir. Cook for few minutes n remove from heat..
6. Fold the dough, seal the edges with your fingers.
7. .
8. Heat 2 tablespoon oil on a pan. Fry both sides till golden brown.
9. Transfer to a cooling rack.
10. Enjoy.

Afghan Bulani is a common delicious appetizer which can be prepared for special guests. Many Afghan families like to get together by inviting their relatives and cooking them. Afghani Bolani bread is my second most favourite recipe from the Afghani cuisine, while Kabuli pulao still remains the first choice. I love Afghani cuisine for its simplicity of ingredients and its rustic charm. Bolani are a kind of Afghan stuffed flatbread/samosa which can be served as an appetizer, side-dish, or main dish.

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