About Recipe

My knowledge of Asian dumplings never expanded much beyond the doughy wontons I’ve been fishing out of brothy Chinese soup since I was a kid. I was enlightened recently by my friend, cookbook author and food blogger Andrea Nguyen (www.vietworldkitchen.comwww.asiandumplingtips.com) who shared the wisdom she gathered researching her latest book, Asian Dumplings. As I sat there listening to Andrea wax poetic about why she loves dumplings, “they just make people happy,” it hit me: Afghans have Asian dumplings of their very own. And of course it makes sense that this Central Asian country located smack in the middle of the famed spice route would count dumplings amongst its culinary delights. I’m familiar with just two varieties of Afghan dumplings: aushak and mantoo, although there may be other regional varieties in Afghanistan. By Katie

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