Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, egyptian koshari. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Egyptian Koshari is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Egyptian Koshari is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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! It takes a lot of TIME to cook but it's really easy.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook egyptian koshari using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Egyptian Koshari:
- Make ready 3 glass rice (soaked)
- Prepare 1 1/4 glass brown lentil (daal masoor)
- Get 4 tsp garam masala
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Make ready 1/4 cup oil
- Make ready 4 1/2 glass water
- Prepare 2 tsp crushed coriander/ coriander powder
- Take For serving:
- Prepare 1/2 packet boiled macaroni
- Get 3 cups tomato sauce
- Take 1 cup fried onion slices
- Get 1/2 cup boiled chickpeas
The full name can be explained by the presence, in the recipe, of black lentils, also called ads abu gibba. Opinions often diverge in Egypt, but one thing almost every Egyptian concedes is that Koshari - a unique Egyptian medley of starches - reigns supreme. In this article, I will not only give you the Egyptian Koshari Recipe, but also some more background information, as well as where and how to get it in Egypt. Koshari (also spelled Koshary or Kushari) is the national dish of Egypt.
Instructions to make Egyptian Koshari:
- In a sauce pan par boil the lentil (daal masoor). It should be 3/4 done.
- Meanwhile boil the macaroni and keep aside.
- Make the tomato sauce (blend the 9-10 tomatoes and half onion. add salt and red chilli flakes according to taste and cook on medium low flame. Add 1/2 cup water and cook for 5 minutes)
- Now in a big pot/ wok add oil and spices and sauté for 30 seconds. Then add water, rice and lentil. Cook on medium low flame. When bubbles appear, cover and cook on lowest flame for 7-10 mins.
- Meanwhile cut 3-4 onions into slices and deep fry till brown.
- Assemble everything in serving dish. Garnish with boiled chickpeas.
It's served in virtually every Egyptian restaurant, in every Egyptian home, and on every Egyptian street corner. Street vendors serve the dish from carts to people eagerly waiting in line to eat this beloved and highly popular dish. Koshary, also kushari, and koshari and (Egyptian Arabic: كشري , [ˈkoʃæɾi]), is Egypt's national dish and a widely popular street food. Lentils, rice and pasta are cooked and then served in a spicy tomato sauce. This is a typical Egyptian dish that is very good and cheap over here!
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