Fry the onions and garlic for 5 minutes in oil. Add
the lamb and fry it until brown on all sides. Add the cumin, the cardamom,
the tomato puree, 1 cup of water and salt and pepper to taste and bring
this to the boil. Simmer for 2 hours. Add the rhubarb and simmer for
20 minutes more.
On the 19th of
August 1919,
Afghanistan gained independence from
Great
Britain with the Treaty of Rawalpindi. The British fought three
wars: the first they lost, the second they won and after the third they
gave up. Click on
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