First of all, Marcie and I were deeply saddened by the news from Minnesota of the shooting deaths at the south Minneapolis church school. Horrible.
There isn’t an adequate transition to anything else but here it is anyway. Koshary. Koshary is a basic and is to Egypt as meatballs are to a Norwegian Christmas dinner and is widely considered Egypt’s national dish.
Rice, lentils (black or brown), chickpeas and pasta are cooked individually, then tossed together and topped with cumin-scented tomato sauce and crunchy fried onions. Things get kicked up a notch with condiments of garlicky vinegar and a peppery hot sauce called shatta. It’s about carbs and calories…..and Marcie loves it!
The Rosetta stone of koshary cafes is Abu Tarek. Near the church, it started as a food cart in 1950 is now a busy, busy, four-story restaurant. One gets a large helping for 50 cents. Needless to say, we have eaten koshary more than once and we’re not done yet!
Video and photo below…….
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