# Koshari

Koshari is a popular Egyptian street food made from rice, pasta, lentils, and a spiced tomato sauce.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 onions
- 2 TBSPs cornstarch
- cooking oil
- 3 TBSPs onion oil
- 1 onion
- 5 garlic cloves
- 2 cups blended tomatoes
- 3 TBSPs white vinegar
- 2 TBSPs tomato paste
- salt
- pepper
- 2 TBSPs onion oil
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 cup water
- 5 lemons
- 1 TSP cumin
- 1 TSP coriander
- 2 cups macaroni
- 0.5 pack spaghetti
- 0.25 cup onion oil
- 0.5 cup red salsa
- 0.5 cup water
- 0.5 cup onion oil
- 2 cups vermicelli
- 3 cups Egyptian rice
- 2 cups lintels
- water
- 1 TSP salt
- 1 TSP pepper
- 1 TSP cumin
- 1 TSP coriander
- soft chickpeas
- fried onions
- shatta

## Instructions

1. Chop onions into thin slices.
2. Add cornstarch and mix.
3. Add cooking oil to a pan.
4. Fry onions until golden.
5. Add onion oil to a pan, followed by chopped onion and minced garlic cloves, and mix.
6. Add blended tomatoes, white vinegar, and tomato paste.
7. Add salt and pepper.
8. Cover for 10 minutes on low heat until thick.
9. Add onion oil to a pot, followed by minced garlic cloves, and mix.
10. Add water and lemon juice from 5 whole lemons.
11. Add cumin and coriander, and mix.
12. Add macaroni and half a pack of spaghetti, and mix.
13. Strain and rinse the pasta.
14. Mix the pasta in a bowl.
15. Add onion oil to a pot.
16. Add fried onions and red salsa, and mix.
17. Add water and mix until smooth.
18. Add onion oil to a pot.
19. Add vermicelli and mix until golden.
20. Add Egyptian rice, rinsed, and mix for 3-5 minutes.
21. Add lintels, soaked.
22. Add water until rice is slightly covered.
23. Add salt, pepper, cumin, and coriander.
24. Mix until rice rises.
25. Cover for 15 minutes on extremely low heat.
26. Add rice to a plate.
27. Mix in fried onions.
28. Add pasta.
29. Add red salsa and soft chickpeas.
30. Add fried onions.
31. Add garlic sauce.
32. Add shatta.
33. Enjoy.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- pan
- pot

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GZcuJAVYs/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9295feb8-46e7-4c12-9abc-9ade9619bce3
- Extracted: 2025-06-11

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