Egyptian Koshari By Munaty Cooking
Koshari is famous Egyptian street food and the national dish of Egypt, also written as (Koshary or kushari). Sold in food carts. It is layers of rice, lentils, pasta, fried onions, and chickpeas. Egyptians serve koshari with three sauces, tomato sauce, hot sauce (shittah), and cumin sauce. This vegan dish is delicious and the rice mixture is made in one pot.
Koshari is made of rice mixed with pasta and green lentils, topped with fried onions, and served with tomato sauce along with cumin and chili sauce; finally, it is garnished with chickpeas.
To caramelize the onion
1 large onion thinly sliced
½ to ¾ cup cooking oil
To make the koshari rice
60 gm spaghetti break in half or to three
3 tbsp onion oil leftover oil from frying the onion
1 cube chicken or vegetable bouillon
3 ½ cups boiling water
To make the tomato sauce
1 large tomato pureed or two medium tomatoes
1 ½ tsp minced garlic
¼ tsp sugar
2 tbsp onion oil
1 cup water
To make cumin sauce
1 cup water
1 tsp garlic minced
½ tsp salt
To make chili sauce or chili oil (Shattah)
2 ½ tbsp onion oil
1 to 2 tbsp tomato sauce previouslyprepared
2 tbsp cumin sauce prepared previously
To garnish
1 cup cooked chickpeas use canned
Ingredients
To caramelize the onion
1 large onion thinly sliced
½ to ¾ cup cooking oil
To make the koshari rice
60 gm spaghetti break in half or to three
3 tbsp onion oil leftover oil from frying the onion
1 cube chicken or vegetable bouillon
3 ½ cups boiling water
To make the tomato sauce
1 large tomato pureed or two medium tomatoes
1 ½ tsp minced garlic
¼ tsp sugar
2 tbsp onion oil
1 cup water
To make cumin sauce
1 cup water
1 tsp garlic minced
½ tsp salt
To make chili sauce or chili oil (Shattah)
2 ½ tbsp onion oil
1 to 2 tbsp tomato sauce previouslyprepared
2 tbsp cumin sauce prepared previously
To garnish
1 cup cooked chickpeas use canned
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