Afghanistan
Challow
چلو
Long-grain rice parboiled, drained and steamed with oil until the grains stay entirely separate and a crust forms at the bottom.
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Kabul, Afghanistan
Kabuli Pulao
قابلی پلو
Long-grain rice steamed over lamb and its stock, then buried under caramelised carrot slivers, raisins and slivered pistachio or almond.
Kabul, Afghanistan
Kichri Quroot
کچری قروت
Mung beans and rice cooked sticky with onion, served with a meat sauce and a pool of reconstituted qoroot.
Afghanistan
Maash Pulao
ماش پلو
Mung beans and rice cooked together with dried apricot, raisin and bulgur into a sweet-savoury vegetarian pilaf.
Afghanistan
Narenj Pulao
نارنج پلو
Saffron rice with candied bitter-orange peel, pistachio and almond, served with chicken at weddings.
Afghanistan
Reshteh Palaw
رشته پلو
Rice steamed with fried wheat noodles broken through it, cooked with lamb and often dried fruit.
Kabul, Afghanistan
Shola Ghorbandi
شله غوربندی
Short-grain rice and mung beans cooked until sticky with lamb, turmeric and dried dill, served with a chunk of fat on top.
Afghanistan
Zamarod Pulao
زمرد پلو
Rice cooked with a purée of spinach and dill until it turns emerald green, served with lamb.