🍚 Koshary

Rice, pasta and lentils walk into a bowl — they call it peace.

• 1hTotal time
• 🍳 I can cook a littleDifficulty
• 620kcal
• 4Portions

• 🥦 Vegetarian
• 🍚 Rice
• 🇪🇬 Egyptian
• 💸 Budget
• 🤗 Comfort food

Ingredients

• 2 cups Egyptian short-grain rice
• 1 cup black lentils, soaked
• 1 cup small pasta (elbow macaroni)
• 1 cup vermicelli noodles, broken up
• 1 cup cooked chickpeas
• 3 large onions, thinly sliced (for frying)
• Flour, for dusting the onions
• Vegetable oil, for frying
• Tomato sauce with garlic and vinegar (dakka)

How to make it

1. Simmer the lentils until half-tender, then add the rice and cook together until both are done.
2. In a separate pot, boil the pasta and vermicelli until tender; drain.
3. Toss the sliced onions in flour and deep-fry in hot oil until golden and crisp.
4. Make the sauce: blend tomatoes with crushed garlic, vinegar and a pinch of chili.
5. Layer rice and lentils in a bowl, then top with pasta, vermicelli and chickpeas.
6. Pour the garlicky tomato sauce over everything, scatter the crispy onions on top and serve hot.