Koshari is Egypt's national dish. It is an interesting recipe as it includes both pasta and rice. But I enjoyed it very much.I want to thank my Egyptian friend Hadeer for cooking Koshari for me and sharing her recipe.
Note: This recipe is for 4 people
Ingredients
For the rice pilaf
- 3 cups of rice
- 2 cups of green lentil
- 1 tablespoon noodle
- Salt
For the hot Sauce
- 4 tomatoes (preferably soft)
- 1 tablespoon hot pepper paste
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 5-6 cloves of garlic
- Coriander
- Salt
- Black Pepper
- Red pepper
- Cumin
For the Oil
- 1 cup of sunflower oil
- 1 big onion
- 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon starch
Extras
- 1 cup of boiled chickpeas
- 1 pack of Macaroni or any kind of pasta
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 2 tbsp water
- 5-6 cloves of garlic
- Coriander
- Salt
- Cumin
Preparation
In the mean time put lentils in water for 10 minutes and wash the rice.
Fry onions until they become golden and take out the onions, as you will use this oil for the whole meal.
Put aside the fried oil. Take a big pan to make the rice pilaf. Add some oil from the pan and fry noodles, after they turn into golden add washed rice and lentils. After coking them couple of minutes, add warm water and salt, close the lid and cook in low heat, until it sucks all the water.
In the meantime, boil macaroni and leave it to drain. Also boil chickpeas couple of minutes, so that they get warm.
To prepare the sauce take a small pan and add oil and some crushed garlic and all the spices except salt.
Lastly add some salt and cook the sauce on low heat until it gets thick.
To prepare some extra sauce; mix crushed garlic, salt, coriander, cumin, water and vinegar.
To serve the dish, first put the rice pilaf, then macaroni, hot sauce, chickpeas and fried onions. Serve the extra sauce on the side. Enjoy!
