"Melt in the mouth" biscuits (US: cookies). Very light, crumbly biscuits.

"Silk kebab." A dish usually made for big occasions such as weddings. It is a sort of sweet omelette which has the appearance of a kebab made from silken threads.

Ravioli-like pasta filled with a leek-like vegetable called gandana, more like chives than leek, and served with a meat sauce.

Noodles with yoghurt, chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans), kidney beans and minced (US: ground) meat.

Noodles with yoghurt and meatballs.

A long, thin wooden stick used as a rolling pin.

Pestle and mortar