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 :
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
by Randa A.Tawwab
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