Koshari
Koshari

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, koshari. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Koshri is another one of those genius solutions to using up pantry staples. It is a cousin to the Middle Eastern Mujadara. In a nutshell, it is a comforting bowl of simple pantry staples: spiced lentils and rice, combined with chickpeas and small pasta. Combine the lentils and water in a large saucepan.

Koshari is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Koshari is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook koshari using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Koshari:
  1. Prepare 2 tbsp oil
  2. Get 1 medium carrot finely diced
  3. Make ready 1 onion finely diced
  4. Take 4 cm piece fresh ginger
  5. Get 3 gloves, crushed
  6. Take 1 small red chilli finely diced
  7. Make ready 2 tbs tomato puree
  8. Take 2 tsp baharat spice
  9. Prepare 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
  10. Make ready 20 g brown lentils (I used red in this recipe)
  11. Take 400 g tin chickpeas
  12. Make ready 30 g organic brown rice
  13. Take 1 ltr vegetable stock
  14. Take 30 g vermichelli pasta, bashed into small pieces
  15. Get Handful fresh coriander leaves, chopped
  16. Prepare sprinkle of parsley, chopped
  17. Take to taste salt and black pepper
  18. Take 1 lemon, zested (optional)

The magic finish comes from a spicy tomato-sauce topping and garnish of fried onions, all enhanced by garlic-vinegar or chili. Koshari (also spelled Koshary or Kushari) is the national dish of Egypt. It's served in virtually every Egyptian restaurant, in every Egyptian home, and on every Egyptian street corner. Street vendors serve the dish from carts to people eagerly waiting in line to eat this beloved and highly popular dish.

Instructions to make Koshari:
  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and saute the onion and carrot for 10 minutes until slightly brown. Add the ginger, chilli and garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes.
  2. Add the baharat spice, stir and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomato puree and tomatoes and stir well.
  3. Add the chickpeas, lentils, rice and vegetable stock and simmer on a low heat for half an hour. Add the pasta and season to taste. cook until the pasta is soft.
  4. Serve with crusty bread, a sprinkling of coriander, parsley and a grate of lemon.

It's served in virtually every Egyptian restaurant, in every Egyptian home, and on every Egyptian street corner. Street vendors serve the dish from carts to people eagerly waiting in line to eat this beloved and highly popular dish. Koshari is a cozy pile of warm carbs—traditionally, cooked rice, lentils, macaroni, and chickpeas, all mixed together—smothered in perky tomato sauce and buried in fried shallots. Koshary, koshari or kushari is one of the traditional Egyptian food. This dish is considered the national dish of Egypt and a very popular street food.

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