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Koshary, kushari or koshari (Egyptian Arabic: كشرى [ˈkoʃæɾi]) is Egypt's national dish and a widely popular street food. [1] It is a traditional Egyptian staple, mixing pasta, Egyptian fried rice, vermicelli and brown lentils, [2] [3] and topped with chickpeas, a garlicky tomato sauce, garlic vinegar, and crispy fried onions.
Mujaddara is the Arabic word for "pockmarked"; the lentils among the rice resemble pockmarks. [2] [3] The first recorded recipe for mujaddara appears in Kitab al-Tabikh, a cookbook compiled in 1226 by al-Baghdadi in Iraq. [3] Containing rice, lentils, and meat, it was served this way during celebrations. [3]
The Roman cookbook Apicius, compiled in the 1st century AD, includes a recipe for lentil soup with chestnuts. [3] Lentil soup is mentioned in the Bible: in Genesis 25:30-34, Esau is prepared to give up his birthright for a pot of fragrant red lentil soup being cooked by his brother, Jacob. In Jewish tradition, lentil soup has been served at ...
Paul McCartney's Lentil Soup Recipe. 1 medium onion, chopped. 2 tbsp. vegetable oil. 1 clove garlic, crushed. 1 cup carrots, chopped. 2 celery sticks, chopped. 1/2 cup lentils. 1 bay leaf.
Lentil Soup This is probably one of the only recipes listed that doesn't have double the protein. But lentils are so nutritious that you won't miss the meat in this vegetarian dinner .
Heat the oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the carrots, celery, onion and garlic and cook until the vegetables are tender. Stir the broth, lentils and rice in the skillet and heat to a boil.
Bread made from a simple recipe forms the backbone of Egyptian cuisine. It is consumed at almost all Egyptian meals; a working-class or rural Egyptian meal might consist of little more than bread and beans. [19] The local bread is a form of hearty, thick, gluten-rich pita bread called eish baladi [1] (Egyptian Arabic: عيش; .
The lentil (Vicia lens or Lens culinaris) is a legume; it is an annual plant grown for its lens-shaped edible seeds, also called lentils. It is about 40 cm (16 in) tall, and the seeds grow in pods, usually with two seeds in each. Lentil seeds are used around the world for culinary purposes.