Thursday, 22 November 2012

Kushari is an Egyptian dish of rice, lentils & macaroni topped with tomato sauce and fried onion. Also optionally, with garlic sauce.

Kushari is a vegetarian dish that is very popular in Egypt. It is an inexpensive food served at roadside stalls and restaurants all over the country, some of which sell only kushari.

And I am not the chef of this dish, my sister-in-law is ;)




Ingredients :-

whole masoor 1 cup soaked for 3-4 hrs
rice                1 & 1/2 cup
pasta              200g boiled
tomatoes        6 
onions            3 sliced
garlic             4 cloves chopped
salt
pepper
red chilli powder
sugar

Method :-
salsa-
Grind 6 tomatoes with 1 onion.
heat 2 Tbsp of oil. add crushed garlic and pureed tomatoes, braze. 
add salt , sugar, red chilli powder and pepper as per taste. bring to a boil.

rice;
Cook rice in plenty of water with salt n oil till done. remove excess water. cook on low flame for 5 min with lid on.

masoor:
Pressure cook masoor with salt pepper and cumin powder.

Make birishta of 3 onions (deep fry sliced onions till brown n crisp).

In a bowl, take some pasta n thn rice.. press firmly and invert over d plate.place d masoor around d rice and top with salsa n birishta.

Happy Eating :)

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