March 26, 2022

Leek Dumplings – Aushak

These Afghan dumplings are delicious and will impress your guests. These dumplings can be made either with meat or vegetarian. I recently served these at a church coffee hour and since we are fasting, it needed to be vegetarian. The dumplings are stuffed with leeks, and the tomato topping can be made with ground beef…

Olive and Pepper Dumplings (Pies), Borak Zaitoon

I have been blessed to have a number of Syrian familes in my church. Their food is just wonderful. This recipe is for a “pie” and it is my iteration on the traditional method of making these wonderful packets of flavor. The dough is very unique with the addition of 1 cup of oil. This…