Afghan Kadu Bouranee

Sweet Pumpkin is a popular Afghani sidedish. Kadu = Pumpkin and Borani refers to a class of Afghan dishes prepared using a yogurt based sauce (chaka). Thus, Afghan Kadu Bouranee, also called as Kadu Boranee or Borani Kadu, is basically a sweet pumpkin curry like preparation made by frying chunks of peeled pumpkin with an assortment of typical Afghan spices, tomatoes, herbs, and condiments, and then topped with the traditional chaka (a type of sour yogurt), mint, and cilantro. Kadu Boranee, like many other Afghan dishes, shares a common lineage with a type of pumpkin curry popularly prepared in Tajikistan