Koshari

Step 1 of 5

Slice onion thinly and chop garlic. Rinse canned chickpeas and let them drain. Rinse rice and lentils separately.

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10 min

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Ingredients

  • 180 gRice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, unenriched
  • 180 gLentils, raw
  • 180 gPasta, dry, enriched
  • 160 gChickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned, drained solids
  • 800 gTomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice, no salt added
  • 50 gTomato products, canned, paste, without salt added (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
  • 500 gOnions, raw
  • 15 gGarlic, raw
  • 65 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 35 gVinegar, red wine
  • 5 gSpices, cumin seed
  • 8 gSalt, table
  • 360 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 750 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking not counted – removed
  • 1,200 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking not counted – removed

Method

  1. Slice onion thinly and chop garlic. Rinse canned chickpeas and let them drain. Rinse rice and lentils separately.
  2. Heat 45 g oil to 170 °C in a wide pot and fry onion for 18 minutes until deep golden. Set half the onion and oil aside for topping.
  3. Cover lentils with 750 g water and boil at 95 °C for 25 minutes until tender; drain. In a second pot boil pasta in 1,200 g water at 95 °C for 10 minutes and drain it too.
  4. Heat the remaining 20 g oil to 165 °C in the onion pot and add garlic and cumin for 30 seconds. Add tomatoes, paste, vinegar, 5 g salt and chickpeas; cook at 90 °C for 12 minutes.
  5. Put rice in 360 g water with the remaining 3 g salt, cover and cook at 90 °C for 18 minutes. Rest 5 minutes; divide rice, lentils and pasta, cover with sauce and top with remaining onion and all its oil.