DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Ashak
Afghan leek-filled wheat dumplings with beef-and-chana-dal sauce and garlic yoghurt.
About Ashak
Breshna Keshtiar’s ashak, published for Afghan Food Safari, are wheat dumplings with a green allium filling. This profile selects leeks and soft butter from the recipe’s stated alternatives, with beef sauce and garlic yoghurt.
Leeks and coriander bring a fresh savoury filling, seasoned with black pepper. Beef, tomato, red capsicum, chilli and turmeric give the topping depth, while garlic yoghurt adds tang.
Thin, folded dumpling skins enclose the chopped greens. They sit over yoghurt on a serving platter, topped with the beef-and-chana-dal sauce and a scattering of dried mint.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ashak
Breshna Keshtiar’s Afghan ashak with beef sauce and garlic yoghurt.
- Plain wheat flourBase · Dough
- SaltSeasoning · Shared seasoning
- Vegetable oilCooking medium · Dough and beef sauceIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid · Shared preparation
- OnionAromatic · Beef sauce
- Beef minceProtein · Beef sauce
- GarlicAromatic · Beef sauce and garlic yoghurt
- Red capsicumBase · Beef sauce
- Canned diced tomatoesBase · Beef sauce
- Red chilliesSeasoning · Beef sauceIngredient page not linked
- Ground turmericSeasoning · Beef sauce
- Chana dalBase · Beef sauce
- LeeksFilling · Filling
- Black pepperSeasoning · Filling
- Soft butterFilling · Filling
- Coriander leavesFilling · Filling
- Natural yoghurtLiquid · Garlic yoghurt
- Dried mintGarnish · Serving
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Plain wheat flour: Wheat (gluten)
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Used in dough, beef sauce, filling and garlic yoghurt.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Used in dough and beef sauce; oil species unspecified.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Used in dough, beef sauce, garlic yoghurt and boiling medium.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Beef mince: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broad beef candidate; minced form retained.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Used in beef sauce and garlic yoghurt.
- Red capsicum: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Canned diced tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broad tomato candidate; canned diced form retained.
- Red chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Red chilli variety unspecified.
- Ground turmeric: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chana dal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Leeks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected from source’s gandana, leek or chive alternatives.
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Soft butter: Milk. Selected instead of explicitly offered margarine.
- Coriander leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Natural yoghurt: Milk
- Dried mint: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Named Afghan Food Safari recipe by Breshna Keshtiar; selected leek-and-butter filling.
Countries
- Afghanistan
- AfghanistanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Afghan Cuisine
- Afghan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.