DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Borani Kachaloo
Chef Maryam’s Borani Kachaloo is an Afghan potato dish with tomato, onion and a garlicky yogurt topping.

About Borani Kachaloo
Chef Maryam’s Borani Kachaloo is an Afghan potato dish with tomato, onion and a garlicky yogurt topping. Her version layers tender potato slices with yogurt and their spiced sauce.
Curry powder, paprika and chilli flakes give the potatoes a savoury, lightly spicy character. Yogurt adds a cool-tasting tang, while garlic runs through both the sauce and topping.
Fresh coriander and dried mint finish the layered plate. The potatoes are cooked until tender, with sauce and yogurt spread beneath and over them rather than a crisp coating.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Borani Kachaloo
Chef Maryam’s Afghan Borani Kachaloo.
- PotatoBase
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- Curry powderSeasoning
- Chilli flakesSeasoning
- Paprika powderSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- Red chilli pepperSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- Sunflower oilCooking medium
- YogurtTopping
- Fresh corianderGarnish
- Dried mintGarnish
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Curry powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Compound blend unspecified; no spice formula or allergen absence inferred.
- Chilli flakes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Paprika powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Red chilli pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader chilli identity; exact cultivar unspecified.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Includes explicitly named washing water and sauce water.
- Sunflower oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yogurt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Standard dairy yogurt named; product formula not supplied.
- Fresh coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried mint: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader mint link; dried form and species unspecified.
Origins & food traditions
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.