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Koshari

Egypt's street-food icon: rice, lentils and pasta topped with spiced tomato sauce, crispy onions and garlic vinegar.

Time
75min
Steps
5
Koshari, photographed from above

Ingredients

6 servings

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Contains wheat.

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    Nothing beyond a knife, a board and the usual pots and pans.

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    Method

    1. 1

      Fry onions in oil until crisp; use that oil for cooking.

    2. 2

      Boil lentils until just tender; cook rice with the lentils in onion oil and water.

    3. 3

      Boil pasta; warm chickpeas.

    4. 4

      Fry garlic in onion oil, add tomato and spices and simmer 15 minutes.

    5. 5

      Layer rice-lentils, pasta and chickpeas; top with sauce, daqqa and crispy onions.

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