Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Quick Egyptian koshari
by Maurice Love
Egyptian koshari
Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, egyptian koshari. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Egyptian koshari is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Egyptian koshari is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook egyptian koshari using 30 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Egyptian koshari:
Take For the Crispy onion toppings
Take 1 large onion, sliced into thin rings
Take Salt
Take 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
Get 1/2 cup cooking oil
Get For tomato sauce
Make ready Cooking oil
Get 1 small onion, grated
Take 4 garlic cloves, minced
Get 1 tsp ground coriander
Get 1/2 –1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
Take 1 (28 oz) can tomato sauce
Make ready Salt and pepper
Get 1 –2 tbsp distilled white vinegar
Prepare For koshari
Get 1 1/2 cup brown lentils, picked over and well-rinsed
Prepare 1 1/2 cup medium-grain rice, rinsed, soaked in water for 15 minutes, drained
Get 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
Take 1/2 tsp coriander
Take 2 cups elbow pasta
Make ready Cooking oil
Take Water
Take 1 (15 oz) can chickpeas, rinsed, drained and warmed
Prepare For vinegar sauce
Get Half cup of vinegar
Prepare 1/4 cup water
Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin
Get Salt and pepper
Take I teaspoon chili powder
Prepare 3 cloves Minced garlic
Instructions to make Egyptian koshari:
Make the crispy onion topping. - - Sprinkle the onion rings with salt, then toss them in the flour to coat. Shake off excess flour. - In a large skillet, heat the cooking oil over medium-high heat, cook the onion rings, stirring often, until they turn a nice caramelized brown. Onions must be crispy, but not burned (15-20 minutes).
Make the Tomato Sauce. - - In a saucepan, heat 1 tbsp cooking oil. Add the grated onion, cook on medium-high until the onion turns a translucent gold (do not brown). Now add the garlic, coriander, and red pepper flakes, if using, and saute briefly until fragrant (30-45 seconds more). - Stir in tomato sauce and pinch of salt. Bring to a simmer and cook until the sauce thickens (15 minutes or so). - Stir in the distilled white vinegar, and turn the heat to low. Cover and keep warm until ready to serve.
Make the Koshari - - Cook the lentils. Bring lentils and 4 cups of water to a boil in a medium pot or saucepan over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and cook until lentils are just tender (15-17 minutes). Drain from water and season with a little salt. (Note: when the lentils are ready, they should not be fully cooked. They should be only par-cooked and still have a bite to them as they need to finish cooking with the rice
Now, for the rice. Drain the rice from its soaking water. Combine the par-cooked lentils and the rice in the saucepan over medium-high heat with 1 tbsp cooking oil, salt, pepper, and coriander. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring regularly.
Add warm water to cover the rice and lentil mixture by about 1 1/2 inches (you’ll probably use about 3 cups of water here). Bring to a boil; the water should reduce a bit. Now cover and cook until all the liquid has been absorbed and both the rice and lentils are well cooked through (about 20 minutes). Keep covered and undisturbed for 5 minutes or so.
Now make the pasta. While the rice and lentils are cooking, make the pasta according to package instructions by adding the elbow pasta to boiling water with a dash of salt and a little oil. Cook until the pasta is al dente. Drain.
Cover the chickpeas and warm in the microwave briefly before serving.
For the vinegar sauce. Mix the half cup vinegar, 1/4 cup of water, cumin, garlic, chili powder, paprika. Mix it all together well
Put it All Together! - To serve, fluff the rice and lentils with a fork and transfer to a serving platter. Top with the elbow pasta and 1/2 of the tomato sauce, then the chickpeas, and finally 1/2 of the crispy onions for garnish. Serve, passing the remaining sauce, crispy onions and vinegar sauce separately. Enjoy
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