Kushary: An Egyptian Comfort Food

When you think of typical Egyptian food, kushary may come to mind. Kushary is a classic Egyptian comfort food. It is a popular street food in Cairo and throughout Egypt. Kushary is a delicious combination of common pantry grains, chickpeas, crispy onions, garlic, and savory-tangy vinegar and tomato sauces!

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If you are on a low carb diet, then look away. This is not a low calorie meal by any means, but it definitely has a lot of nutritional benefits and comes packed with great carb fueled energy. Lentils are rich in dietary fiber, magnesium, and these slow burning complex carbs are excellent for regulating blood sugar and boosting energy levels. Lentils are also high in iron and low in fat, making them the perfect inexpensive and healthy substitute for red meat! The dish is super easy to make; essentially simply cook rice, lentils, and macaroni and combine. This lovely trio is elevated in flavor from ordinary to surprising and lip-smacking with the  garlicky vinegar tomato sauce and crunchy fried onions atop. This dish is ideal for a large crowd, a picnic gathering, or a pot luck. The trick to a perfect kushary is cooking the rice, pasta, and lentils properly so that they are not too mushy and combine well without getting… smushy, for lack of a better word! Not too experienced cooking fluffy rice and lentils? Not to worry! Follow my guide for perfect lentils and rice in my recipe posts. 

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In my original post to this recipe, I suggested using store-bought french fried onions. You can still do this, BUT I have a very easy and quick way to get delicious crunchy onions at home. Since my posts are all about home-made recipes and clean eating from scratch, I am going to suggest you try this. You simply need to slice onions thinly and fry in pure olive oil or safflower oil as these oils have a high smoke point and will do well for frying. I made a convenient mistake once and did this in a pot with a small diameter, so the onions sat atop one another and released a lot of water. The onions started to simmer in its juices, instead of browning and crisping. I decided to toss in a sprinkling of corn starch to absorb the excess moisture and let me tell you- this trick worked like a charm! The onions started to blister and caramelize beautifully. Now, I always sprinkle in a tablespoon of corn starch to get nicely crisp onions. I do advise to still use a large, bottom heavy pot for the onions to fry in to get an even crisp result, but also because you can utilize the large pot to toss the cooked pasta in the leftover onion infused oil in later. 

Another important secret to a flavorful kushary, is to boil the pasta in a generously salted and garlicky water so that the noodles are infused with flavor as they cook. Typical Egyptian kushary street vendors will use a combination of half elbow pasta and half broken spaghetti noodles. I also include vermicelli noodles when I cook the rice for extra texture. It is essential to toss the pasta in some olive oil (use the leftover oil from frying the onions!) once it drains, before the pasta clumps together from the hot starches. 
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