Koshari كشري
Koshari كشري
Notes
Koshari has two variants, one in Cairo and one in Alexandria.
The Cairo recipe uses pasta , whole lentils and hot sauce.
The Alexandria recipe is restricted to yellow lentils and rice only.
Servings
5Preparation Time
1 hoursIngredients
- 2 cups rice
- 1 1/2 cup Yellow Lentils
- 2 Onions ,chopped
- Salt & pepper.
- 3 tablespoons ghee , or butter.
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 cup water.
- Hot pepper
- Tomato paste.
Cooking Instructions
- Wash rice and lentils separately under running water and drain.
- In a deep pan heat butter or ghee, rice and lentils over medium-high heat.
- Add water and salt and cook until water is absorbed.
- Cover, move to low heat.
- In a frying pan, fry onion until brown.
- Serve koushari and sprinkle fried onion on top.
- You may add boiled macaroni pasta.
Sauce
- In a deep pan heat oil or butter.
- Add tomato paste and water, leave to cook.
- Add salt, pepper and hot pepper.
- Serve on koushari as required.
- Wash rice and lentils separately under running water and drain.
- In a deep pan heat butter or ghee, rice and lentils over medium-high heat.
- Add water and salt and cook until water is absorbed.
- Cover, move to low heat.
- In a frying pan, fry onion ubtil brown.
- Serve koushari and sprinkle fried onion on top. You may add boiled makarony.
* salsa:
- In a deep pan heat oil or butter.
- Add tomato paste and water, leave to cook.
- Add salt, peper and hot peper.
- Serve on koushari as required.
5
60
2 cups rice
1 1/2 cup Yellow Lentils
2 Onions ,chopped
Salt & peper.
3 tablespoons ghee , or butter.
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 cup water.
Peper & hot peper
Tomato paste.
When and where vinegar is
When and where vinegar is used?
Sprinkle it
Sprinkle it on the top before serving to add some tanginess, according to taste.