Koshari.
Hello everybody, it's Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to make a special dish, koshari. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Koshari is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Koshari is something that I've loved my whole life. They're nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook koshari using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Koshari:
- {Make ready of Rice & lentil pilaf (mjaddarah):.
- {Prepare of Egyptian rice, soaked in water for 30 minutes and strained.
- {Prepare of brown lentils.
- {Get of white onions, thinly wedges.
- {Take of cumin powder.
- {Make ready of vegetable oil.
- {Take of salt.
- {Get of Hot boiling water.
- {Prepare of Tomato Sauce:.
- {Prepare of vegetable oil.
- {Get of garlic cloves, crushed.
- {Prepare of cumin powder.
- {Get of tomato juice.
- {Get of tomato paste.
- {Take of chickpeas, boiled.
- {Make ready of elbow pasta (small sized), boiled salt & pepper to taste.
- {Prepare of Daqqa (chili vinegar dressing ).
- {Make ready of hot water.
- {Take of vinegar or Juice of 2 lemons.
- {Get of garlic, crushed.
- {Prepare of salt.
Instructions to make Koshari:
- In a medium pot, place vegetable oil and fry wedged onions till golden and crisp. Set aside on a kitchen paper and save the frying oil aside.Place lentils in the same pot, add sufficient hot water to cover the lentils, boil till tender (you might need to add more water). Strain lentils if there was any excess water. Put them back in the pot..
- Add rice to the lentils and vegetable oil we used to fry the onions, mix all together. Add 2 ½ cups of boiling water, salt and cumin powder. Wait till the water evaporates, mix in half of the fried onions, lower down the heat and cover and leave it to cook for 20 minutes..
- Meanwhile, lets prepare the hot sauce: In a sauce pan, sauté garlic, add tomato juice, tomato paste, cumin and salt. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add chickpeas. Set aside..
- To prepare the "Daqqa" , mix all ingredients in an electric mixer. Set aside.
- Now to assemble the dish, layer the components as follows: 1) rice & lentils pilaf (mjaddarah) Elbow pasta, 2) Tomato sauce, 3) Crunchy Onions, 4) Add a dash of “daqqa” if you like to add more spiciness to your dish..
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