Classic Afghan biscuits - Eat Well Recipe - NZ Herald (2024)

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What is the new name for Afghan biscuits? ›

The biscuit was eventually renamed "Milk Chocolate Roughs" by Griffin's, which advertised the renaming with a new slogan: "Same bikkie. New name." However, the name "Afghan" is still the one used by other companies.

Afghan biscuits may have been invented for wartime care packages, or to represent “eating” the enemy. Indeed, there are mentions of the cookie as representation of an Afghan male, wearing a symbolic walnut turban.

The Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter (or margarine), golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water, and (optionally) desiccated coconut.

The national dish of Afghanistan is Kabuli palaw, a rice dish cooked with raisins, carrots, nuts, and lamb or beef.

Tim Tams are one of the most popular biscuits in New Zealand due to their chocolatey goodness and unique texture. They are also commonly used in Tim Tam slams, where one bites off the ends of the biscuit and uses it as a straw to drink hot chocolate or coffee.

Afghan cookies are a specialty from New Zealand and are one of those sweet treats that you find in just about every cafe you walk into there, just like ginger slice and chocolate caramel square.

'Hard tack' was, however, the most well-known term for the ship's biscuit. The ingredients were stone ground flour, water and salt, which were mixed into a stiff dough, baked in a hot oven for 30 minutes and then left to harden and dry.

Shortbread or shortie is a traditional Scottish biscuit usually made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three to four parts plain wheat flour. Shortbread does not contain any leavening, such as baking powder or baking soda.

“Afghan” first appeared in English usage in the late 1700's as a name for the Pashtuns of eastern and southern Afghanistan. That country is known for its distinctive textiles, colorful carpets and lustrous karakul wool, so it's sort of logical that “afghan” was picked up to refer to knitted or crocheted blankets.

What do Afghans eat for dessert? ›

Afghan bread or Nan-i-Afghani is the national bread of Afghanistan. It is a flatbread and can be oval or rectangular. It is baked in a tandoor, the primary cooking equipment of the sub-continent region. The Afghan tandoor sits above ground and is round and made of bricks, which are heated to cook the bread.

The biscuit was also renamed in Scotland and New Zealand to the Belgian biscuit, as a result of the invasion of Belgium. Despite this, in Northern Ireland it remains known as the German biscuit or biscuit bun.

Afghan Flat Bread is the everyday bread of Afghanistan. It is also called Noni Afghani, Nan-i-Afghan, Afghani Nan or Nan-e Barbari in Persian. Afghan flatbread is baked in a variety of sizes and shapes. Afghan flatbreads are usually made with either all whole wheat or all white flour.

With origins in a German-speaking Central European country, the Empire Biscuit started life in the UK being known by names such as the Deutsch Biscuit or, more commonly, the German Biscuit.

One of the most popular Arabic biscuits is Kahk, which originated in Egypt and is traditionally eaten across the Arab world to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Kahk is a small circular biscuit, covered with powdered sugar, and sometimes stuffed with a mixture called ʿa*gameyya.