Koshari Rice from Egypt
Koshari Rice from Egypt

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, koshari rice from egypt. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Koshari Rice from Egypt is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Koshari Rice from Egypt is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Koshari is a traditional Egyptian staple, mixing chick peas, pasta, fried onions, and zesty tomato sauce, served on top a bed of rice and brown lentils! Flavor packed and not to mention healthy! Neither rice nor macaroni are indigenous to Egypt.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook koshari rice from egypt using 21 ingredients and 28 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Koshari Rice from Egypt:
  1. Take 1 cup Basmati rice
  2. Take 1 cup Chick peas (Kabuli Chana)
  3. Get 1 cup Pasta or Macaroni of your choice
  4. Get 1 cup whole Red Lentil (whole masoor)
  5. Take 1 cup chopped Tomato
  6. Prepare 1 chopped Onion
  7. Take 3-4 minced Garlic
  8. Prepare 1 fresh Red Chilli
  9. Prepare 2 big Onions thinly sliced for beresta(fried onion)
  10. Take 1/2 cup Cooking Oil
  11. Take 1 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
  12. Make ready 1 teaspoon Oregano
  13. Get 1 teaspoon Chilli flakes
  14. Prepare 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
  15. Take 4-5 Cloves
  16. Make ready 4-5 Black Pepper Corns
  17. Make ready 1 teaspoon more Cooking Oil
  18. Prepare 1 tablespoon Ghee
  19. Take 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
  20. Get 1 teaspoon Vinegar
  21. Make ready to taste Salt

The full name can be explained by the presence, in the recipe, of black lentils, also called ads abu gibba. Koshari is first and foremost a street food in Egypt. The "koshari man" has a cart with all of his ingredients ready in containers.. This tasty rice and lentil dish is Egypt's national.

Instructions to make Koshari Rice from Egypt:
  1. Soak kabuli chana and lentils separately for overnight.
  2. Pressure cook the soaked chana with salt water and drain.
  3. Pressure cook soaked lentils with little water and salt till lentils become soft but not mashy.
  4. Soak rice for an hour.
  5. Cook pasta for about 7-8 minutes in boiling water and drain.
  6. Boil rice till 70%done with salt water and drain. Rinse with cold water.
  7. Now to make the tomato sauce prepare the ingredients.
  8. In a mixer jar grind together chopped tomatoes and fresh red chilli to make puree.
  9. Heat 1 tsp of oil. Saute garlic and onion for 2-3 minutes.
  10. Add tomato puree. Cook in medium heat.
  11. Add salt, sugar, tomato ketchup, oregano and chilli flakes. Give a nice mix.
  12. Cook this sauce for 10 minutes in low flame so that tomatoes cook completely.
  13. Before removing add vinegar and mix.
  14. Remove from heat and reserve in a bowl.
  15. Now heat 1/2 cup of vegetable oil in a pan.
  16. Fry the thinly sliced onion into golden brown and crisp.
  17. Transfer in a kitchen tissue so that it soaks extra oil.
  18. Now in the same oil splatter cinnamon stick, cloves and black pepper corns.
  19. Add the cooked kabuli chana and stir.
  20. Add cooked rice.
  21. Also add cooked pasta and cooked lentils.
  22. Mix everything well with a spatula.
  23. Sprinkle 3-4 tbsp of hot water and cover.
  24. Cook in low flame for about 10 minutes.
  25. After 10 minutes remove the lid, add 1 tbsp ghee and fried onions. Keep some fried onion to garnish.
  26. Mix lightly and transfer to a serving plate.
  27. Pour prepared tomato sauce on the top.
  28. Garnish with fried onion and serve as main dish or in breakfast.

I make koshary quite a lot, and this is a good recipe. You cut time by making things simultaneously (cooking macaroni, lentils and rice on separate burners) and the sauce in another pan. Koshari is the ultimate Egyptian comfort food. Whether it's a family recipe, or a bustling Cairo street vendor, Koshari never disappoints. If there's one food all Egyptians cherish, it's this.

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