Guest guest Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I am kinda new to the group and have really enjoyed some of the recipes posted. I lived in Egypt for a while and many of the dishes there are simple meatless dishes. One of the most common dishes is called Koshari. It is served on almost every street corner and is eaten daily by most Egyptians. In fact, my husband and ate it every day for the first 2 months of our honeymoon. It is so good and inexpensive to make. Here is my version of the dish. I call it Redneck Koshari because I live in the south. LOL Be generous with the garlic you use. I keep pealed Garlic covered on olive oil in the fridge. The oil is really good to use in recipes where you want a strong garlic flavor. This is one of those recipes where it works great. Redneck Koshari Cook a couple of cups of Basmati rice, adding salt and a little oil to it while cooking, and then stir more oil into it when it is done and you are fluffing it up. (butter is good too) Then chill it thoroughly in the fridge while you make the lentils. 2 cups of lentils with about 5 cups of water. Sauté’ some onions and garlic, add some cumin and some ground pepper before adding the washed lentils. Use several cubes of vegetable bullion or you could substitute broth for the water. Cook lentils until they are done, but not mushy; about 45 minutes. Take them off the heat and let them cool while you fry 3 big onions cut into strips. Fry them in oil or butter until they are quite brown. (sometimes I will just purchase fried onions to substitute here) Sauté some more garlic and onions in hot oil, add salt and more cumin. Add a large can of Crushed tomatoes and a small can of spicy Rotel. Put in blender and blend just a bit. You still want a few small chunks of tomatoes in the sauce. Put some rice in a bowl, spoon equal amounts of lentils onto it. Cover in the sauce and then add fried onions on top. Janice Do not follow where the path may lead. Go where there is no path .... and leave a trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 I enjoyed this for supper tonight. How do you pronounce the name? -ginger north of Boston , " Janice " <JAli wrote: > > I am kinda new to the group and have really enjoyed some of the recipes > posted. > > > > I lived in Egypt for a while and many of the dishes there are simple > meatless dishes. One of the most common dishes is called Koshari. It is > served on almost every street corner and is eaten daily by most Egyptians. > In fact, my husband and ate it every day for the first 2 months of our > honeymoon. It is so good and inexpensive to make. Here is my version of > the dish. I call it Redneck Koshari because I live in the south. LOL Be > generous with the garlic you use. [sNIP] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 Ko--Sha-Ree I am glad you liked it. We had another Egyptian dish tonight. It is called Mahshey. It takes a while to make, but it is so good. A lot of the recipes in Egypt are meat free. We just use Vegetable bullion in place of the chicken bullion. Janice Do not follow where the path may lead. Go where there is no path .... and leave a trail. On Behalf Of matildalucet Sunday, November 26, 2006 5:48 PM Re: Thoughts and an Egyptian Recipe I enjoyed this for supper tonight. How do you pronounce the name? -ginger north of Boston , " Janice " <JAli wrote: > > I am kinda new to the group and have really enjoyed some of the recipes > posted. > > > > I lived in Egypt for a while and many of the dishes there are simple > meatless dishes. One of the most common dishes is called Koshari. It is > served on almost every street corner and is eaten daily by most Egyptians. > In fact, my husband and ate it every day for the first 2 months of our > honeymoon. It is so good and inexpensive to make. Here is my version of > the dish. I call it Redneck Koshari because I live in the south. LOL Be > generous with the garlic you use. [sNIP] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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