Join us for a taste of Afghan at Aracosia McLean!

Join us for a taste of Afghan at Aracosia McLean!

From the Washington Post:

You’ll want sambosa, juicy ground beef and lentils in sheer pastry dusted with powdered sugar and cardamom. “We grew up eating them in Kabul with tea,” typically at weddings and parties, says Sofia. Her mantu — housemade, beef-filled dumplings striped with yogurt and speckled with dried mint and cayenne — are crowd-pleasers, too.

I can never resist chicken combined with a garden of cooked greens — kale, collards, spinach — punched up with cilantro, dill and leeks, or veal in a racy stew of tomatoes, eggplant and silken bell peppers. The veal is draped with optional yogurt and garlic and dropped off with a little side dish of chopped green chiles. Fire away! Entrees arrive on fragrant beds of saffron rice.

From Washintonian:

Warm, kind service, ginormous portions, and a trove of family recipes from Kabul-born owners Omar Masroor and his wife, Sofia. We’ve yet to meet a stew here we didn’t love (Aracosia has the bigger selection), whether veal and mushrooms in a velvety cilantro-laced gravy or Rumi’s chicken, in a zesty, sweet tomato sauce. Every table should have an order of mantu, the freeform dumplings stuffed with minced beef and laden with garlicky yogurt. Also great: Fried turnovers stuffed with greens; aushak (leek-filled dumplings); lamb chops; roasted eggplant; lamb-shank moghuli.

Check out the dinner menu here:

https://www.aracosiamclean.com/menu

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If you are unable to join us in July, we hope you'll stay interested and join us for a meal in the future. Looking forward to catching up with you for dinner at the duck & the peach!