Helmand Palace Afghanistan Cuisine
Popular menu items
Appetizers
Mantwo
Homemade pastry shell filled with onions and beef served with mint yogurt and topped with carrots, yellow split peas, and beef sauce.
$8.99Samosa
Vegetarian. Pan-fried twin pastry shells, one filled with leeks and scallions, the other with spiced potatoes.
$8.99Banjan
Vegetarian. Pan-fried eggplant seasoned with spices, then baked with fresh tomatoes, served with mint yogurt.
$8.99Vegetarian Apperizers
Vegetarian Aushak
Ravioli filled with leeks and scallions topped with carrots yellow split-peas served with mint yogurt.
$8.99Vegetarian Mantwo
Homemade pastry shell filled with onions topped with carrots yellow split-peas served with mint yogurt.
$8.99Samosa
Vegetarian. Pan-fried twin pastry shells, one filled with leeks and scallions, the other with spiced potatoes.
$8.99Soup
Salad
Entrées
Chowpan
Half rack of grilled lamb served on a bed of afghan bread with sautéed eggplant and pallow rice.
$27.99Mixed Grill
Lamb kabob, beef kabob, koufta kabob, and chicken kabob served with grilled vegetables, laghatac, and your choice of salad or rice.
$34.99Seek Kabab
Charbroiled leg-of-lamb marinated in a puree of garlic, onions, and sumac. Served with sautéed eggplant and pallow rice.
$20.99Kofta Kabab
Ground beef mixed with green onions, fresh cilantro, garlic, hot peppers, and sautéed eggplant. Served with challow rice.
$17.99Theeka Kabab
Prime rib marinated in a puree of onion, sumac, and garlic, then grilled and served with sautéed lentils and pallow rice.
$22.99Mantwo
Homemade pastry shell filled with onions and beef served with mint yogurt and topped with carrots, yellow split peas, and beef sauce.
$16.99Deygee Kabab
Sautéed leg-of-lamb with yellow split-peas, onions, and red bell peppers served with sweet pumpkin and spinach rice.
$19.99Sabzi Chalow
Sautéed spinach with chunks of lamb and afghan seasonings. Served with challow rice.
$17.99Kourma Chalow
Lamb sautéed with afghan seasonings and a variety of vegetables. Served with challow rice.
$18.99Koufta Challow
Beef meatballs with afghan seasoning sautéed with sun-dried tomatoes, hot peppers, and green peas in a fresh tomato sauce. Served with challow rice.
$16.99Mourgh Challow
Chicken breast sautéed with spices and yellow split-peas. Served with yogurt and challow rice.
$17.99Mourgh Salata
Grilled chicken breast served on a mixed green salad with grilled vegetables and a vinaigrette dressing.
$16.99Qourmay Ma-He
Fresh fish of the day, briefly pan-fried, then sautéed with fresh ginger, garlic, red potatoes, sun-dried and whole tomatoes. Served with challow rice.
$21.99Lawand
Choice of leg-of-lamb or shrimp sautéed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, fresh cilantro, and hot peppers. Served with challow rice and spinach.
$20.99Vegetarian Entrées
Special Vegetarian Entrée
A platter of baked pumpkin, pan-fried eggplant with yogurt sauce, and sautéed okra with fresh tomatoes. Served with pallow rice.
$18.99Vegetarian Kourma Challow
Sautéed green beans, carrots, cauliflower, turnips, and potatoes. Served with spinach and challow rice.
$18.99Kaddo & Banjan Challow
Baked baby pumpkin and eggplant with mint yogurt, and fresh tomato sauce. Served with challow rice.
$13.99Vegetarian Aushak
Afghan ravioli, filled with leeks and scallions. Served with a yellow split-pea and carrot sauce and mint yogurt.
$16.99Vegetarian Sabzi Challow
Spinach sautéed with afghan seasoning. Served with okra and challow rice.
$17.99Vegetarian Mantwo
Homemade pastry shell filled with onions topped with carrots yellow split-peas served with mint yogurt.
$16.99Side Dishes
Hummus
Vegetarian. A delightful dip of chickpeas mixed with garlic, lemon juice, roasted sesame paste, olive oil.
$8.99