One woman living in Kabul describes how, despite food shortages and repression, her family is celebrating the Persian new year with what they have.
deep fried cauliflower layered with tomatoes; andBut the real star of the Nowruz table would be— a sweet and savory compote."Me and all the other kids would take our bowls and count all the pieces, one saying like, 'I think I got a pistachio,' and another like, 'Wow, why don't I have one in my bowl!?' It would be so fun to just count the fruit and try to get each other jealous that I got more fruits than you." is a combination of seven dried fruits and nuts.
"This is the one dish we do not shop for," Shararah explains."It's almost like an unwritten rule that relatives in the village will automatically send dried fruits and nuts to families in the city. Every household would have dried foods in their cupboards at all times." Until this year. Even though she's a member of what she describes as"the privileged population," Shararah and her family have been affected by food insecurity."We have depleted our savings and reached a point where we try to cook things that need the least amount of groceries and will turn out bigger in amount. Like many people, we avoid eating meat and eat mostly things with rice or plain bread.
The cupboards, once chock-full of nuts and dried fruit, are now meager, she says."Right now, we only have small amounts of almonds and walnuts, and I don't think we can make"Our Nowruz table this year will maybe look like dinner from last night, but I know my sister will still make an effort to make it special," Shararah says."Even if we don't have an extravagant, we will still visit my uncle and have some home-baked bread together.
Nowruz is a day of new beginnings, but now it is also a time of resilience."A year ago, I could not have imagined that I would live in a country that would be under the rule of people like the Taliban. It seems surreal, crazy. But here I am. Afghans always find a way to enjoy whatever they have. It seems absurd at this moment, but I want to believe this new year will bring new opportunities, despite everything.
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