Koshari - Egyptian Dish
Koshari - Egyptian Dish

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Koshari (also spelled, Kushari) is the national dish of my birthplace, Egypt. By far one of my favorite things to eat-EVER! No matter how far I've traveled, I will always crave a humble bowl of koshari as served in the streets of Egypt.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook koshari - egyptian dish using 16 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Koshari - Egyptian Dish:
  1. Take 1 cup Rice
  2. Take 1 cup Pasta (preferably macaroni pasta)
  3. Get 1 cup Brown lentils
  4. Take to taste Salt and black pepper
  5. Get For the sauce:
  6. Make ready 2 tbsp Veg. Oil
  7. Prepare 1 small Onion - diced finely
  8. Get 2 clove Garlic - diced finely
  9. Take 15 oz Tomato paste
  10. Prepare 400 grams Tomato paste
  11. Make ready to taste Any spices you wish to add
  12. Prepare 1/2 cup Water
  13. Prepare to taste Salt + pepper
  14. Make ready For crispy onion
  15. Get 2 large Onions
  16. Take Oil for deep frying the onions

If there's one food all Egyptians cherish, it's this. Koshari (كشري) also called kushari or kosheri, is one of the most popular dishes in the land of the Pharaohs, a delicious vegan combination prepared with chickpeas, lentils, macaroni and rice. Egyptian koshari is also called koshari abu gibba. The full name can be explained by the presence, in the recipe, of black lentils, also called ads abu gibba.

Instructions to make Koshari - Egyptian Dish:
  1. Cook the lentils in just over a litre of salted water. Bring to boil and then reduce heat and simmer covered for 15-30 mins.
  2. When the lentils are tender add the rice to the lentils and let it simmer until it's cooked (you can add water if necessary.
  3. Cook the pasta in a different pot. Rinse and strain when done.
  4. For crispy onions
  5. Heat the oil and add the onions and fry until slightly browned. Using a slotted spoon to remove onions from oil and place on paper towels to drain and cool.
  6. For tomato sauce
  7. Heat the 2 tbsp of oil in a medium saucepan and add the diced onions and garlic and fry till light brown
  8. Immediately add the tomato paste
  9. And the spices you choose to add!
  10. Add the salt and pepper (to taste)
  11. Add the water and leave to simmer, reduce the heat to low and cover and simmer for 20 mins stirring occasionally
  12. For the finished dish:
  13. In one pot add the rice, lentils and pasta and toss and combine and serve from there.
  14. Add the rice, lentils, and pasta mix into a large bowl
  15. Then the tomato sauce on top
  16. Sprinkle some hot chili powder of you like spicy food
  17. Now add the crispy onion
  18. You can also top it with something like chickpeas
  19. Enjoy!!

The national dish of Egypt, koshari is made up of many elements, including spiced tomato sauce, macaroni, lentils, chickpeas, rice and deeply fried onions. It is deeply delicious, but it's also a dish best left to the professionals, such as Walid El Sabbagh who runs Koshari Korner. Koshari is one of the most common Egyptian Foods and kind of like a national dish, like Egyptian Falafel (Tameya). The history of Koshari This cheap, filling and healthy national dish is so popular that some restaurants in Eygpt, particularly Cairo, specialize in this alone. Koshary, koshari or kushari is one of the traditional Egyptian food.

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