june, 2022
Event Details
You are invited to a Community Dinner. Our refugee neighbors have prepared a table of traditional food from their home country of Afghanistan to share their stories of hope and new beginnings.
Saturday, June 25, at 6:00 p.m. at St. Paul UCC, 200 N. Main St., Waterloo
Dinner tickets are $30 / person. Tickets may be purchased through this link only. Your purchase directly supports the new catering business of these refugee chefs. This reservation link will close 7 days before the event.
For more about the delicious menu, please visit: https://welcomeneighborstl.
Eat well and do good.
PLEASE NOTE: all meals will be served with meat unless you specify that you would like a Vegetarian Meal.
Please specify “Please make my meal a Vegetarian Meal” in the Additional Notes box when completing your purchase on the CHECKOUT SCREEN.
LOLA KEBBAB
Minced beef, onion, green chili, tomato, coriander, cumin.
MANTU (AFGHAN DUMPLINGS)
Similar to a wonton dumpling and filled with lentils, ground beef, tomatoes, onion, coriander, and cumin. Drizzled with yogurt and tomato sauce.
QORMA-I SABZI
A combination of spinach, cilantro, parsley and scallions, topped with a special lamb sauce, served with Basmati rice.
BOLANI
Afghan Bolani is a popular street food and a crowd pleaser. Flatbread made of unleavened dough that is stuffed and pan fried, but its real beauty comes from the vegetable stuffing inside. Typically, the dough is stuffed in a variety of ways including mashed potato, or green and red lentils, leeks or chives, or pumpkin.
GOSH E-FIL
Known as elephant’s ear is a fried sweet pastry with dough made from flour, milk, eggs, and sugar. These crunchy pastries are also sprinkled with powdered cardamom, icing sugar, and crushed pistachios.
ASHAK
Fresh pasta filled with scallions, leeks and cilantro, served with yogurt-garlic sauce. seasoned with coriander, turmeric and cayenne pepper, sprinkled with mint.
KABULI PULAO
Basmati rice cooked with onion, saffron, black pepper, cardamom, coriander, and cumin. Topped with raisins, nuts and julienned carrots.
SHORNAKHOD
An appetizer composed of chickpeas and kidney beans with a crushed cilantro, potatoes, lemon, and vinegar dressing.
BOLANI
Afghan Bolani is a popular street food and a crowd pleaser. Flatbread made of unleavened dough that is stuffed and pan fried, but its real beauty comes from the vegetable stuffing inside. Typically, the dough is stuffed in a variety of ways including mashed potato, or green and red lentils, leeks or chives, or pumpkin.
GOSH E-FIL
Known as elephant’s ear is a fried sweet pastry with dough made from flour, milk, eggs, and sugar. These crunchy pastries are also sprinkled with powdered cardamom, icing sugar, and crushed pistachios.
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Please indicate whether you want your meal to be VEGETARIAN or with MEAT at the CHECKOUT screen in the "Additional Comments"!
Tickets are not available for sale any more for this event!
