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Shish Kebab House of Afghanistan

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36 LaSalle Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
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Lunch Menu

Appetizers

Samosas

$5.00
Fried noodles filled with spiced eastern peas, potatoes and vegetables

Pakawra*

$5.00
Large slices of potato dipped in a lightly seasoned homemade batter then fried crispy

Bowlani*

$5.00
Grilled thin, flat noodles filled with potatoes and vegetables, kicked up with cayenne pepper, coriander, and black pepper

Beef Shammi Kebab

$8.00
Ground beef seasoned with mixed spices. When ordered, freshly chopped scallions are infused into the meat giving it an assertive taste and charbroiled on skewers

Chicken Shammi Kebab

$8.00
Ground chicken breast flavored with spices, charbroiled on skewers

Mantoo

$9.00
Steamed dumplings filled with mildly spiced meat and onions; topped with yellow split peas and a special sauce of homemade yogurt, with mint and garlic

Ashak*

$9.00
Boiled dumplings filled with scallions and spinach, topped with spicy chopped beef, yellow split peas, mint and a delicious homemade yogurt

Lemon Salad*

$7.00
House salad, topped with our own tangy lemon dressing, and no oil added!

Yogurt Salad*

$7.00
Mixed green salad topped with our homemade seasoned yogurt dressing

Afghan Noodle Soup*

$6.00
A rich broth with noodles and fresh vegetables flavored with Afghan seasonings
  • Add Our Yogurt Topping
  • $1.50

Pea Soup*

$6.00
A very traditional yellow lentil soup prepared in a tomato based broth seasoned with cayenne pepper, coriander, and garlic

Lunch Entrées

All main entrées or as indicated are served with a side of spinach rice or brown rice and a choice of one vegetable

Salang Pass Fish and Chips

$12.00
Marinated and fried trout served with lemon-pepper fries. On our trip to Kabul, Afghanistan, we spent a day driving through the peaks of the Salang-Pass. We stopped at a picnic spot and found a little family-run eatery, catching fish from the Salang River, marinating and frying trout and serving it with chips

Kabul Burger

$9.50
Seasoned, scallion infused beef burger with lettuce and tomatoes served with lemon-pepper fries. To our surpsise, on the Kabul trip this past summer, we found several "Kabul Burger" restaurants througout the city

Chicken Salad

$10.00
A tangy lemon salad topped with pieces of our tender chicken kebab

Gosh E Pheale

$9.00
Pasta shells covered with zesty sauce, ground beef and our homemade yogurt. Topped with fresh scallions

Shish Kebab

All main entrées or as indicated are served with a side of spinach rice or brown rice and a choice of one vegetable

Beef Shammi Kebab

$10.00
Extra lean ground beef seasoned with a variety of spices and infused with fresh scallions

Chicken shammi Kebab

$10.00
Ground chicken breast seasoned with a variety of spices

Leg of Lamb Kebab

$13.00
Cubes of lamb marinated with spices, very tender, and juicy

Chicken Kebab

$11.00
Tender cubes of chicken breast seasoned with a variety of spices

Sausage Kebab

$9.00
Pieces of beef sausage charbroiled on a skewer to perfection

Combination Kebab

$18.00
An arrangement of chicken kebab, leg of lamb kebab, and beef Shammi kebab

Seafood Shish Kebabs

All of the below entrées can be served with Kabeli Palow Rice - $3 extra

Salmon Kebab

$13.00
Marinated in lemon and a variety of traditional spices

Shrimp Kebab

$15.00
Jumbo shrimp charbroiled on the grill

Sultan's Entrées

All of the below entrées can be served with Kabeli Palow Rice - $3 extra

Kabeli Palow*

$14.00
Brown rice topped with seasoned almonds, raisins, carrots, flavored with cardamom, served with choice of vegetable and sautéed lamb or chicken shish kebab

Sautéed Fish

$12.00
Sautéed cat fish cooked with onions, garlic, coriander seed, black pepper and tomatoes, served with spinach rice and a side of vegetable

Vegetarian platter

$10.00
Served with a choice of spinach rice or brown rice and three vegetable sides

Noodle Dinners

Served with Spinach Rice or your choice of; Pumpkin, Eggplant, Mushrooms, Potato, and Spinach

Mantoo

$11.00
Steamed dumplings filled with mildly spiced meat and onions; topped with yellow split peas, our homemade yogurt, garlic and mint. Choice of spinach rice or side of vegetable

Ashak*

$11.00
Boiled dumplings filled with scallions and spinach, topped with spicy chopped beef, yellow peas, our homemade yogurt, mint. Comes with spinach rice or a side of vegetable

Afghan House Dinner Treat

Traditional Afghan feast prepared and served as if you are invited to an Afghan house. This complete dinner includes appetizers, variety of shish kebabs, and many other dishes

Minimum of 4 people please

  • (per person) $22.00

Sides

Pumpkin Puree (Kadu)*

$6.00
Deliciously prepared sweet and spicy

Eggplant (Brony Bonjan)*

$6.00
Sliced steamed eggplant, fried and topped with tomato sauce, homemade yogurt, and dry mint

Spinach (Sabzi)*

$6.00
Sautéed with onions, scallions, and a variety of spices

Potato (Kormay Kachaloo)*

$5.00
Potato sautéed with onions, tomato sauce, and a variety of seasonings

Mushrooms*

$6.00
Sautéed with onions, tomatoes and a variety of seasonings

Kabuli Palow*

$9.00
Our brown rice topped with seasoned raisins, almonds, and carrots flavored with cardamom

Spinach Rice (Sabzi Palow)*

$5.00
Aahu Barah Basmati rice with a mix of fresh chopped spinach

Brown Rice*

$5.00
Aahu Barah Basmati rice cooked with cumin seeds and other traditional spices

Sautéed Lamb

$10.00
Lamb sautéed with onion, tomato sauce, and an array of seasonings

Bowl of Homemade Yogurt

$5.00

Homemade Yogurt w/ chopped cucumbers

$6.00

Beverages

Cold Drinks

Sodas, Juices, Iced Tea, Lemonade, and Milk

  • (each) $2.50

Hosmer Mountain Bottling, Willimantic, CT

$3.50
Black Cherry, Cream Soda, Root Beer, Birch Beer, Ginger Beer

Daugh (Yogurt Beverage)

$4.00
Homemade yogurt, chopped cucumber, mint leaves and a dash of salt

Afghan Tea on Ice

$4.00
Mix of black tea, cardamom and milk, sweetened

Saratoga Spring Water

  • 12 Oz $2.50

San Pellegrino Sparkling Water

  • 750 Ml $5.00

Hot Drinks

Black Tea

$2.50
Natural loose leaf black tea with cardamom

Green Tea

$2.50
Natural loose leaf green tea and cardamom

Afghan Tea (Sher Chai)

$3.00
A traditional sweet chai prepared using black tea, cardamom, milk and beet juice

Lavazza Coffee regular/Decaf

$2.50

Turkish coffee

$3.00
Sweet, flavored with cardamom

Desserts

Fernee

$6.00
An Afghan milk pudding flavored with cardamom and rose water, topped with a variety of fresh fruit

Baklava

$5.00
Ground walnuts layered with phyllo pastry, sweetened with honey syrup

Ice Cream Afghani Style

$6.00
Vanilla ice cream, flavored with rose water, and topped with pistachios and dried fruits

Homemade Rice Pudding

$6.00
An Afghan traditional rice pudding dessert made from rice, milk, almonds and rose water

Cake

$6.50
Please ask for the cake of the day
*Denotes dishes which are or can be prepared as vegetarian.
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36 LaSalle Road
West Hartford, CT 06107
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860-231-8400
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About Us

The atmosphere and food will leave you feeling like you just had the best gourmet Afghan food in the world! The House of Afghanistan welcomes out of town and foreign visitors who want to experience the taste of Afghanistan in West Hartford, CT. If you are a local citizen, attending your high school prom, in town for shopping, here for a convention or business meeting, or a tourist from this or another country; add that extra something that is difficult to find: transport yourself to a more gracious and elegant era with the finest food and service you have ever experienced. Shish Kebab House is very unique and one of its kind. It brings the wonderful taste of a 50,000 year old culture into today's lifestyle.