turnovers stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes and chopped onions, served with yogurt
Bulanee Gandana
$4.00
turnovers stuffed with spiced scallions and herbs, served with yogurt
Bulanee Kadu
$4.00
turnovers stuffed with spiced pumpkins and onions, served with yogurt
Bulanee Zardak
$4.00
turnovers stuffed with spiced carrots and onions, served with yogurt
Sambosa Goushti
$4.00
deep-fried pastries stuffed with ground beef, chick peas and spices, served with fresh coliander sauce
Sambosa
$4.00
deep-fried pastries stuffed with vegetables, chick peas and spices, served with kabul sauce
Aushak
$4.00
steamed scallion-filled dumplings topped with spiced meat sauce, yogurt and sprinkled with mint
Lobya
$4.00
kidney beans cooked with onions, tomatoes, and spices, topped with yogurt and sprinkled with mint
Kabul Combination
$14.50
selection of (3) appetizers for two, served with salad
Cold Appetizers
Shor-nakhot
$4.50
sliced potatoes with chickpeas in a coriander sauce
Must-e-badrang
$4.50
diced cucumbers in a yogurt-mint sauce
Doolma
$4.50
grape leaves stuffed with rice and vegetables topped with roasted red pepper sauce
Soups
Aush
$4.50
freshly prepared noodles in vegetable soup, topped with spiced meat sauce and yogurt, sprinkled with mint
Shorba-e-murgh
$4.50
chicken soup cooked withe selected afghan spices
A. Shorba-e-dal
$4.50
yellow lentils cooked with onions and selected afghan spices
B. Shorba-e-kadu
$4.50
pumpkin cooked with onions and selected afghan spices
House Specialties
Extra Meat $2.00
Kabuli Palaw
$17.00
delicately seasoned chunks of lamb or chicken under a heap of brown rice, garnished with carrot strips, raisins, almonds, and pistachios
Kabuli Chalaw
$17.00
deliciately seasoned chunks of lamb or chicken under a heap of white rice, garnished with carrot strips, raisins, almonds, and pistachios
Norenge Palaw
$17.00
deliciately seasoned chunks of lamb or chicken under a heap of saffron rice, garnished with rose water, flavored orange peel strips, almonds, pistachios, and cardamom
Chef's Aushak
$15.00
scallion filled steamed dumplings topped with garlic yogurt and ground beef sauce sprinkled with mint and paprika
Lamb Dishes
Extra Meat $2.00. All Lamb Dishes Come With White Rice, But Can Be Ordered With Your Choice Of Brown Or Saffron Rice.
Korma-e-gossfant
$16.00
delicately seasoned boneless diced lamb with tomatoes and selected afghan spices served with white rice
Bandenjan Chalaw
$15.00
pieces of lamb and eggplant cooked in a rich sauce of tomatoes, onions and spices, served with white rice
Sabzi Chalaw
$15.00
pieces of lamb cooked with chopped spinach in a delicately flavored tomato and onion sauce with white rice
Facilliya Chalaw
$15.00
green beans and pieces of lamb cooked with tomatoes, onions and spices, served with white rice
Zardak Chalaw
$15.00
chunks of lamb and spiced carrots cooked with tomatoes, onions, and spices, served with white rice
Kadu Chalaw
$15.00
spiced and sauteed pumpkin pieces topped with meat sauce and yogurt, served with white rice
Dal Chalaw
$15.00
chunks of lamb cooked with yellow yentils, served with white rice
Chicken Dishes
Extra Meat $2.00. All Chicken Dishes Come With White Rice, But Can Be Ordered With Your Choice Of Brown Or Saffron Rice.
Korma-e-murgh
$16.00
delicately seasoned boneless diced chicken with tomatoes, onions, , garlic, and selected afghan spices, served with white rice
Kofta-e-murgh
$16.00
delicately seasoned chicken meatball sauteed with tomatoes, onions, garlic and spices, served with white rice
Dal-e-murgh
$16.00
chunks of chicken cooked with lentils, onions, garlic, and spices with white rice
Sabzi-e-murgh
$16.00
pieces of chicken cooked with chopped spinach in a delicately flavored tomato and onion sauce
Bandenjan-e-murgh
$16.00
pieces of chicken and eggplant cooked in a rich sauce of tomatoes, onions, and spices
Facilliya-e-murgh
$16.00
pieces of chicken cooked with green beans in tomatoes, onions, and spices
Kababs
Extra Meat $2.25. Kabuli Rice $2.00. Rice Can Be Substituted With Your Choice Of Two Side Dishes For $3.00. All Kababs Come With Brown Rice, But Can Be Ordered With Your Choice Of White Or Saffron Rice.
Kabab-e-mauhi
$20.00
chunks of salmon marinated in a spicy afghan sauce, broiled with assorted vegetables on skewers
Kabab-e-gossfant
$18.00
delicate chunks of lamb marinated in a spicy afghan sauce, broiled with assorted vegetable skewers, served with brown rice
Kabab-e-murgh
$18.00
saturated with spices, chunks of white chicken meat broiled with vegetables on skewers, served with brown rice
Kabab-e-kofta
$18.00
soaked in spices, meat balls of ground beef broiled with vegetables on skewers, served with brown rice
Kabab-e-qhaburgha
$18.00
lamb chops marinated in spices and broiled on skewers, served with brown rice
Kabab-e-kabul
$19.00
a combination of (2) skewers of different kababs, served with brown rice
Vegetarian Dishes
Chalaw Facilliya
$15.00
green beans cooked with tomatoes, onions and spices, served with white rice
Chalaw Sabzi
$15.00
cooked afghan style, chopped spinach topped with seasoned sauce, served with white rice
Chalaw Kadu
$15.00
spiced sauteed pumpkin pieces, topped with yogurt and served with white rice
Chalaw Bandenjan
$15.00
spiced sauteed eggplant, topped with yogurt and served with white rice
Chalaw Zardak
$15.00
sauteed carrots topped with spiced afghan sauce, served with white rice
Chalaw Lobya
$15.00
kidney beans cooked with onion and tomato sauce served with white rice
Chalaw Dal
$15.00
lentils cooked with onion and garlic, served with white rice
Kabuli Palaw
$16.00
delicately seasoned chunks of eggplant cooked with tomatoes under a heap of brown rice garnished with almonds, pistachios, carrot strips, and raisins
Kabuli Chalaw
$16.00
delicately seasoned chunks of eggplant cooked with tomatoes under a heap of white rice garnished with almonds, pistachios, carrot strips, and raisins
Norenge Palaw
$16.00
delicately seasoned chunks of eggplant cooked with tomatoes under a heap of saffron rice garnished with orange strips, almonds, pistachios, and cardamom
Side Dishes
Buranee Bandenjan
$4.00
sauteed eggplant, topped with meat sauce and yogurt
Buranee Kadu
$4.00
sauteed pumpkin pieces topped with meat sauce and yogurt
Sabzi
$4.00
pureed spinach cooked with onions and spices topped with sauce
Dal
$4.00
yellow yentils cooked with onions and spices
Lobya
$4.00
kidney beans cooked with onions and tomatoes
Facillya
$4.00
green beans cooked with onions and tomatoes
Zardak
$4.00
sauteed carrots topped with afghan sauce
Turshie
$4.00
aehar pickle. hot sour mixed vegetables
Yogurt
$4.00
Mixed Side Dish
$14.50
combination of (3) side dishes for two
Extra Rice
$5.00
white, brown, or saffron rice
Extra Bread
$4.00
Extra Salad Dressing, Hot Sauce, Coriander Sauce
$4.00
Desserts
Gosh-e-fea
$5.00
paper-thin fried pastry, sprinkled with ground pistachios, cardamon and sugar
Baklava
$4.00
syrup-drenched, paper-thin pastry layered with ground walnuts
Firnee
$4.00
afghan style pudding sprinkled with ground pistachios and almonds
Carrot Cake
$4.00
afghan style carrot cake with nuts and raisins
Sheer-e-yakh
$5.00
afghan ice cream topped with saffron syrup, sprinkled with pistachios, almonds, and cardamom
American taste buds have been changed forever. Kabul, an adventure in exotic dining, uncommon to Philadelphians, is the city’s first and original Afghan restaurant since 1991. Kabul is the kind of restaurant people return to again and again for the best of all possible reasons: fine, fresh, attractively presented food; attentive, agreeable service; pleasant surroundings; reasonable prices plus a profusion of discounts. The restaurant is chef and family owned and operated. That means that everyone involved with your order equates your pleasure with their prosperity.Kabul’s menu is characterized predominantly by uniquely spiced lamb and chicken main courses, recently expanded to include an ample sampling of vegetarian dishes