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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

5

Preparation Time

1 hours

Ingredients

  • 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.

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