In this blog, I have sung the praises of pomegranate in many of my posts: Quince Pomegranate & Apple Juice, Pom Pear Pudding, and Lamb with Pomegranate and Saffron. It wasn’t’ until recently when a friend saw me deseed a pomegranate and marveled at the speed and ingenuity. So, I created this quick video with my genius director and video maker, Brandon Chaves, to show you how to deseed a pomegranate in 30 seconds.
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION | SHEER BIRINJ | (VEGAN) AFGHAN RICE PUDDING WITH OAT MILK, ROSEWATER AND CARDAMOM
In my effort to make Afghan food accessible to people with modified eating habits, I created a vegan Afghan rice pudding that has all the flavors of the traditional rice pudding without the dairy.
Creating this video demo was a collaboration with my daughter Sofia and her two friends, Laura and Isabella. They picked the recipe, they helped me test it to perfection and they did all the clean up after the filming session.
We took my mom's traditional sheer birinj recipes and made it even more delicious by using oat milk instead of cow's milk and coconut oil instead of butter.
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Afghan rice pudding, sheer birinj
SHEER BIRINJ - CREAMY AFGHAN CARDAMOM RICE PUDDING
I started this blog to share my mother, Jeja’s, recipes with friends and family, but over time it has become a way for me to show the world a different side of Afghanistan... its awe-inspiring people, its delicious food and ancient culture. As a way to continue this work and make the information more accessible, I have started a Facebook page. I invite you to join me to open the world to Afghan culture, Afghan writers and Afghan cuisine. This is going to be a collaborative page so if you have an Afghanistan related story, cultural event or a book, I want to hear about it. Email me, write a comment on the page or make a comment here.
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