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Weekend Cook and Tell Round Up: Legacy of the Lentil | Tasty Terminus — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:25:49 +0000

[...] Koshary, an Egyptian dish of lentils, rice, chickpeas, and pasta. [Photograph: zahavah] [...]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:08:32 +0000

Yeah! So you finally got around to making koshary, wish I had been there with you. I think together we could have wheedled a recipe out of them well perhaps not, as I know only a handful of Arabic words.

By: Stephen PhD

Stephen PhD — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:44:23 +0000

Several years ago, I traveled to Cairo for several days as part of a longer trip. The travel plans included a weekend to enable some free time to adjust for time zone changes on a multiple stop trip that was way too ambitious. A challenge of traveling to parts of the world with such exotic and ancient history is maximizing the opportunities to experience the environment.

I recall talking a tour with a guide using his car. On the way back from the pyramids we stopped by a small restaurant lined wall-to-wall with customers. The picture of the white container with the “Koshary & Sweets” label reminded me of the trip and the afternoon snack. I also remembered the “interesting” appearance of the contents and the how good it tasted on that hot afternoon.

While I thought of the snack as fast food, I did not know that it was also slow prep with lentils needing 8 hours of soaking before cooking. I am looking forward to trying the recreated version described with some advanced planning!