KOSHARY

The Egyptian famous meals which is typically preferred by most of Egypt's guests is Koshary .

Koshary is well known all over Egypt & the most Professional restaurants specialized in presenting this meal are located in Giza. This nice meal has a very integrated nutritional value as it contains all what you need, this balanced meal contains carbohydrates, minerals and protein by adding    Boiled black lentil (skinned lintel) which make a complete meal

The funny thing about it ,that because  it is  sheep ,  easy to find the Koshary restaurants any where in Cairo , most of  fat Egyptians think that the main reason for putting on weight is eating too much Koshry .

KOSHARY:

Ingredients:

1-      Macaroni

2-      White Rice (short grain) + vermicelli (option)

3-      Black Lentil + Grounded cumin

4-      Fried onion

5-      Vinegar and garlic (hot sauce)

6-      Paprika (hot sauce)

7-      Tomato sauce

8-      Boiled chickpeas (option)

Method:

1-      wash the (short grain) rice thoroughly and drain it well , heat up some corn oil   and add the rice and stir continuously it then add water and cover on moderate oven .

2-      boil the macaroni in boiling salted water (1 liter per 100 gr. Of macaroni)stirring occasionally. Cook and test until desired degree tenderness is reached. Drain in colander.

3-      Wash the black lintel and drain well after done and add ground cumin and salt.

4-      Slice onion in a thin half rings shape and fry in oil till reach the golden brown  

      color.

5-      Boil the check peas in salted water until the desired degrees

6-      Prepare the tomato sauce by cutting the tomatoes and heat up the oil in a pan along with onions, garlic then add tomato puree and ripe mixed tomato juice .. add seasoning , (salt and ground pepper) strain through a sieve .

7-      Prepare D'aa (mixture of garlic , vinegar and paprika)

   

Serving your Dish:

-          put the rice then the macaroni and top it with the black lintel then our some   

      tomato sauce and Do'aa (garlic and vinegar mixture) , finally scatter some  

      chickpeas  and go ahead.

Hints :

 1-      Serve hot ( recommended ) as complete lunch course.

2-      Use your own preferable kind of oil , the best is  corn oil.

3-      Make the quantity that you expect to serve immediately , this meal is not recommended to be kept in fridge.

4-      Koshary is always followed by dessert of rich rice pudding and honey and cream may be added with roasted cracked nuts.

5-      The black (skin) lintel and chickpeas give the Koshary it complete nutrition value as a source of protein in addition to carbohydrates , minerals ,  vitamins and iron.

by Randa A.Tawwab