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I remember times that we used to eat potato skins because it was all we had.
It was actually the very first food I learned to cook.
We didnt have many spices other than that.
Hamidullah Noori is the chef and owner of The Mantu, located in Richmond, Virginia. He was the executive chef at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan and has appeared on the Food Network as a featured contestant on the culinary competition show, Beat Bobby Flay.
Its why I wanted to become a chef.
When I was just nine years old, I was given my first job in a restaurant kitchen.
I took in as much as I could from the professional chefs I worked with.
Then, when I was 18, I became a professional chef myself.
Slowly, I worked my way up to being the executive chef at the five-starKabul Serena Hotel.
Food is a huge part of culture and Afghan food is no different.
But the Taliban ruined that.
Is it like Mediterranean food?
they would ask me.
Hamidullah Noori is the chef and owner of The Mantu, located in Richmond, Virginia. He was the executive chef at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan and has appeared on the Food Network as a featured contestant on the culinary competition show, Beat Bobby Flay.
Is it like Chinese food?
We had a big feast with traditional Afghan foodsandclassic American dishes all on the same table together.
There was turkey (served as kebabs), mashed potatoes, fresh tandoori bread, and stuffed peppers.
Oh, and pumpkin pieyou cant forget about that.
This is how we still celebrate it today, too.
Rice is such an important part of Afghan cuisine that there is always some in our fridge.
Then, spoon the mixture inside each bell pepper and put them in a steamer pot for eight minutes.
(it’s possible for you to also use the oven if you dont have a steamer pot.)
Thanksgiving should be every moment of your life.
Its a thanksgiving when you breathe in and out.
Every moment that passes you never get back so you must value every moment.
I have certainly struggled a lot, especially as a child in Afghanistan.
The challenges Ive faced in life have made me stronger.
They taught me to fight and they taught me the value of serving others.
I love that I get to do that now through my restaurant.
Even today I am serving people in need who have nothing to eat.
What Ive gone through has inspired me and its also inspired what I serve.
You know what one of the most popular dishes on my menu is?
The only difference is this time, I have more spices to add to them.
Soak the rice for at least one hour before cooking it.
Add olive oil to a frying pan on the stove.
Then, add the garlic and saute until its a nice golden color.
Add the chopped ingredients.
Then, add the rice and stir them together for two more minutes.
Cut the top of the bell peppers carefully and set the tops aside.
Use a spoon to fill the bell peppers with the sauteed vegetables.
Put the bell pepper tops back on the peppers.
Place the peppers in a steamer pot for eight minutes.
For the roasted red pepper sauce:1.
Blend all the ingredients together and set the sauce aside.
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