Gosheh fil

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Gosheh fil is a traditional crumbly pastry originating from Afghanistan. It's usually made with a combination of oil, flour, baking powder, eggs, milk, icing sugar, cardamom, and pistachios. The dough is kneaded until smooth and firm, and it's then rolled out to a thin sheet of pastry. Circles are cut out of the dough with a cookie cutter, and each circle is pinched at one point in order to form a fanned ear shape (gosheh fil means elephant ears ). The pastries are fried in oil until golden and then sprinkled with icing sugar, cardamom, and ground pistachios. Gosheh fil is especially popular during the festival of Eid.