Food and drink in Afghanistan

thumb|upright=1.15|A paper-lined , opened to access the grapes stored inside (Dari: , ), also called , is the traditional Afghan technique of preserving fresh fruit, particularly grapes, in airtight discs formed from mud and straw. The centuries-old technique is indigenous to Afghanistan's rural center and north, where remote communities that cannot import fresh fruit eat -preserved fresh grapes throughout the winter, and merchants use to safely store and transport grapes for sale at market. Grapes preserved using in modern Afghanistan are typically of the thick-skinned or varieties, which ar