Afghani cuisine is largely based upon the nation's main crops: wheat, maize, barley and rice. Afghanistan is known for its high-quality pomegranates, grapes, and sweet rugby-football-shaped melons. Afghanistan's national dish is Kabuli palaw.
Popular Dishes
Skewers of Chicken Tikka
Our Customer Reviews
We had a fantastic dining experience! Tried the Chopan Kebab (lamb ribs), Kabuli Pulao, and Murgh Kebab, and each dish was absolutely spot on.
The lamb chops were incredibly tender, chicken kebabs were juicy and well-marinated.
The real surprise was the chicken biryani (not included in menu) beautifully spiced and fully coated in a rich blend of spices.
Really tasty food!!
Got the smaller of the platters $49, salad $6 and dumplings $22. All the meats were tender and juicy, cooked to perfection with that chargrilled flavour that you just can’t replicate at home. I loved the dumplings but my partner wasn’t as much a fan as myself. We will get the larger platter next time and that will suffice I’d think. They are BYO with a bottle shop right next door.
(3.5 stars)
A side quest into Rooty Hill on the way back from Penrith Regional Gallery saw us dine at Qabuli House. You’ll find it at the railway station end of the suburb’s little shopping strip: just look for the metal shelves bearing Afghan and Arabic breads. The modest shopfront is split between a takeaway shop and an over-lit dining room, with raised booths running down one wall. Clear plastic glistens on each tabletop. The—also laminated—menu focuses on kebabs and curries, arranged in different combinations and generous platters, with rice, or floppy pillows of Afghan bread and plastic-wrapped single-serve salads.
The mix plate kebab ($21) is a collection of three different kebab, marinated then barbeque with a tomato and a green chilli. The kebab e murgh—yellow-hued, yoghurt and spice marinated chicken—is usually my favourite, but here the pressed lamb mince shami dragged through little pots of watery cucumber yoghurt sauce is the winner. Cumin and coriander are evident in the lamb tikka kebab, though the chopan kebab ($20) has more flavour. Here four charred loin chops are tender and tasty, if a little difficult to extract from their bones without a knife. In the curries, chicken qorma ($16) presents thigh meat in a yellow-tinged, tomato-based curry. The sauce warrants scooping up in more of the lovely, warm bread.