Bamiyan Afghan Restaurant
Popular menu items
Mantoo
Steamed dumplings filled with mildly spiced beef and onions, topped with yellow split peas and our special homemade yogurt, garlic and mint sauce. Served with your choice of sauteed spinach or pumpkin puree. Can be made vegetarian.
$16.95Beverages
Soft Drinks
$2.50Iced Tea
$2.50Lemonade
$2.50Milk
$2.50Juices
$2.95Mineral Water
$3.50Club Soda
$3.50Tonic
$3.50Pomegranate Juice
$4.50Daugh (Yogurt Beverage)
This drink is perfectly refreshing, especially in the hot summer. Delicious homemade yogurt, chopped cucumber, mint leaves and dash of salt.
$3.95Afghan Tea on Ice (Kaimak Chaiy Sard)
A sweet and tasty drink with cardamom flavor regular or decaffeinated.
$3.95Black Tea
$2.50Herbal Tea
$2.50Coffee
$2.50Afghan Tea (Kaimak Chaiy)
A sweet and tasty hot drink made with milk and flavored with cardamom, regular or decaffeinated. (Preferred as a relaxation for the cardamom lovers).
$3.50Appetizers
Samosas
Fried crispy, thin dough filled with spiced eastern peas, potatoes and vegetables, served with homemade cilantro chutney sauce.
$5.95Bolani
Grilled crispy flat, thin dough filled with seasoned potatoes and vegetables, served with special house yogurt sauce.
$6.95Ashak
Ashak is a very traditional and very popular afghan dish. Boiled dumplings filled with scallions and spinach, topped with mildly spiced sauteed ground beef, yellow peas and delicious homemade yogurt, garlic and mint sauce.
$8.95Mantoo
Steamed dumplings filled with mildly spiced beef and onion, topped with yellow split peas and our special homemade yogurt, garlic and mint sauce.
$8.95Lemon Salad
House salad, with our own tangy spiced lemon dressing, no oil is added, topped with chilled sliced beets.
$6.95Afghan Noodle Soup
A rich broth with noodles, beef and fresh vegetables, flavored with afghan seasonings.
$5.95Pea Soup
A very traditional afghan yellow lentil soup, prepared in a tomato-based broth seasoned with coriander, cayenne pepper and garlic.
$5.95Seafood
Shrimp Kebab
Large shrimp with lemon and seasonings charbroiled on the skewer, moist and delicious.
$20.95 +Swordfish Kebab
Marinated with lemon cracked pepper and special seasonings charbroiled on the grill.
$21.95 +Sultan's (King's) Dinner for the Rice Lover
Kabeli Palow
Special rice topped with seasoned almonds, raisins, carrots, flavored with cardamom served with eggplant or pumpkin puree and sauteed lamb or charbroiled chicken.
$18.95Sauteed Fish with Sauce
Sauteed catfish cooked with onions, garlic, coriander seed, black pepper and tomatoes, served with spinach rice and eggplant.
$17.95Kofta Dinner
Served with brown rice and choice of sauteed spinach (sabzi) or potatoes (korma kachaloo).
$15.95Morg Chalow
Sauteed chicken prepared with chopped onions, garlic, tomatoes, and special seasonings, served with spinach rice and eggplant (brony banjan).
$15.95Afghani Pasta
Specially prepared pasta with fresh vegetables, seasonings and delicious house sauce.
$13.95Mantoo
Steamed dumplings filled with mildly spiced beef and onions, topped with yellow split peas and our special homemade yogurt, garlic and mint sauce. Served with your choice of sauteed spinach or pumpkin puree. Can be made vegetarian.
$16.95Ashak
Boiled dumplings filled with scallions and spinach, topped with mildly spiced beef, yellow peas and a delicious homemade yogurt, garlic and mint sauce. Served with eggplant (brony bonjan) or pumpkin puree (halwaiy kadu). Can be made vegetarian.
$16.95Vegetarian Dinner
Erved with brown rice, okra (bamia), sweet and spicy pumpkin puree, (halwaiy kadu) and eggplant (brony bonjan). Vegetarian.
$15.95Vegetarian Platter
Served with sauteed spinach (sabzi), potato (korma kachaloo), sweet and spicy pumpkin puree (halwaiy kadu) and eggplant (brony bonjan). Vegetarian.
$14.95Vegetarian Delight
Served with spinach rice, squash (tryee), eggplant (brony bonjan) and sauteed mushrooms (samarog). Vegetarian.
$16.95Dinner
Afghan House Dinner Treat
Served appetizers, a great variety of shish kebabs, rice dishes, vegetables, dumplings and hot drinks with desserts.
$38.95Kid's Dinner
Kids Beef Shami
$9.95Kids Chicken Shami
$9.95Kids Afghani Pasta
$8.95Kids Ashak
$8.95Kids Meatball
$8.95Meat Shish Kebabs
Beef Shami Kebab
Extra lean ground beef seasoned with a variety of spices then grilled on a skewer to perfection.
$14.95 +Chicken Shami Kebab
Ground chicken breast meat mixed with onions and seasonings charbroiled golden and juicy grilled on the skewer.
$15.95 +Chicken Shish Kebab
Skinless and boneless cubes of chicken breasts marinated and charbroiled golden and moist on the skewer.
$16.95 +Leg of Lamb Shish Kebab
Home style cubes, marinated with special seasonings, charbroiled on the grill very tender and juicy.
$20.95 +Side Orders
Okra (Bamia)
$5.95Kabeli Palow
Special rice topped with seasoned almonds, raisins, carrots and flavored with cardamom.
$8.95Spinach Rice
White long grain rice boiled then drained of water, seasoned with cumin seed, cloves, spinach leaves and then baked.
$5.95Sauteed Lamb in Sauce
Deliciously prepared with chopped onions, garlic, tomato sauce and special seasonings.
$11.95Sauteed Chicken
$10.95Lunch Specials
Afghan Pasta Lunch
Prepared with fresh vegetables, seasonings and delicious sauce. Served with Afghan bread.
$8.95Vegetarian Platter Lunch
Served with sauteed spinach, pumpkin, potatoes and eggplant. Served with Afghan bread. Vegetarian.
$9.95Vegetarian Lunch
Served with brown rice, okra, pumpkin and eggplant. Served with Afghan bread. Vegetarian.
$10.95Ashak Lunch
Boiled dumplings filled with scallions and spinach, topped with spiced beef, yellow peas and a delicious house made yogurt, garlic and mint sauce. Served with Afghan bread and choice of sauteed spinach or pumpkin puree. Can be made vegetarian.
$11.95Mantoo Lunch
Steamed dumplings filled with mildly spiced beef and onions, topped with yellow split peas an dour special house yogurt, garlic and mint sauce. Served with Afghan bread and choice of sauteed spinach or pumpkin puree. Can be made vegetarian.
$11.95Kofta Lunch
Delicious Afghani meatballs cooked with sauce and seasonings. Served with Afghan bread, brown rice and choice of sauteed spinach or potatoes.
$10.95Morg Chalow Lunch
Sauteed chicken prepared with chopped onions, garlic, tomatoes, special seasonings. Served with Afghan bread, spinach rice and eggplant.
$10.95Sauteed Fish with Sauce Lunch
Sauteed catfish cooked with onions, garlic, coriander seed, black pepper and tomatoes. Served with Afghan bread, spinach rice and eggplant.
$12.95Sultan's (King's) Lunch For The Rice Lover
Kabeli Palow Lunch
Special rice topped with seasoned almonds, raisins, carrots, flavored with cardamom served with eggplant or pumpkin puree and sauteed lamb or charbroiled chicken. Can be served as a vegetarian dish with eggplant and pumpkin puree. Served with Afghan bread.
$14.95Afghan House Lunch Treat Lunch
Authentic traditional Afghan sampler dishes. Includes appetizers, rice dishes, vegetable dish and meat dishes. Can be served as vegetarian. Served with Afghan bread.
$14.95Lunch Entrees
Sausage Kebab Lunch
Beef sausage charbroiled on the grill on the skewer. Served with side of spinach rice or brown rice and a choice of one hot vegetable, and Afghan bread.
$9.95 +Beef Shammi Kebab Lunch
Extra lean ground beef seasoned with a variety of spices, then grilled on a skewer to perfection.
$10.95 +Chicken Shammi Kebab Lunch
Ground chicken breast meat mixed with onions and seasonings charbroiled golden and moist on the skewer. Served with side of spinach rice or brown rice and a choice of one hot vegetable, and Afghan bread.
$11.95 +Chicken Shish Kebab Lunch
Skinless and boneless cubes of chicken breasts marinated and charbroiled on the grill. Very tender and juicy. Served with side of spinach rice or brown rice and a choice of one hot vegetable, and Afghan bread.
$12.95 +Leg of Lamb Shish Kebab Lunch
Home-style cubes, marinated with special seasonings, charbroiled on the grill. Very tender and juicy. Served with side of spinach rice or brown rice and a choice of one hot vegetable, and Afghan bread.
$15.95 +Mahie Biryani Lunch
Taste of Kabul seasoned trout fried golden crispy the traditional way. Served with side of spinach rice or brown rice and a choice of one hot vegetable, and Afghan bread.
$12.95 +Lunch Side Orders
Kabeli Palow Lunch
Special rice topped with seasoned almonds, raisins, carrots and flavored with cardamom.
$8.95Desserts
Ice Cream Afghani Style
Vanilla ice cream, flavored with rose water topped with dates, figs and pistachios.
$5.95Homemade Rice Pudding
An afghan traditional rice pudding dessert made with rice, milk, flavored with cardamom, rose water and topped with sliced almonds and pistachios.
$4.95House Dessert
Caramelized apple with honey sauce and rose water, served with house fruit sauce made with raspberry, blueberry and strawberry.
$7.95