Incredible Afghan eats: Bolanis and sauces

Over at the Marin County Civic Center Farmers Market we found this funny young guy selling Afghan foods. He was handing out samples at lightspeed and talking a mile a minute. By all appearances he was really enjoying the experience, and is a born salesman-get-your-bolanis-and-sauce-dude.

   

Perhaps needless to say, but I got home with something called a low-carb spinach Bolani and a jar of sweet jalepeno sauce. It sat in my refrigerator a couple days while I decided what to do with it. You know how that is, you make an impulse buy and then it becomes mystery food as soon as you get home.

Something mexican must have crossed my mind and I thought “hey, grill it like a quesadilla”. I amaze myself sometimes, but that bar is set pretty low.

I whacked off some triangles of the bolani, pulled some thin slices of ham out of the meat tray and laid those on top of the triangles. Together, I tossed them onto a lightly oiled griddle, turning just once until they were a nice and crispy golden brown. Then I slathered the sauce on them.

Amazing. Simply scrumptious. So good that I’m a bit depressed that I can’t just run down to the local Whole Foods and get some of this on a regular basis. It was great just as a light lunch snack and then later as the ‘bread’ portion of a meal.

Go to their website and you can find out where to buy these products at Farmers Markets around California. I don’t know, but maybe you could mail order it. Certainly the jars of sauce would be worth the effort.

http://www.bolaniandsauce.com/html/About.html

Hey, Bolani folks: Whole Foods in Reno. Just a hint.

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