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A bowl of koshari — macaroni, vermicelli, lentils and chickpeas with tomato sauce and fried onions

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20 recipes from Egypt, each written from a named source.

A bowl of koshari — macaroni, vermicelli, lentils and chickpeas with tomato sauce and fried onions

Egyptian

Koshari

Source: Home cook

45 min4480 kcal

VeganVegetarianDairy-free+1🌶️

Ful medames — stewed fava beans with bread, salad and rocket at a Cairo street stall

Egyptian

Ful Medames

Source: Traditional

30 min4300 kcal

HalalVeganVegetarian+3

Ta'amiya — green fava-bean falafel patties, sesame-crusted and fried

Egyptian

Ta'amiya (Egyptian Falafel)

Source: Traditional

40 min4380 kcal

HalalVeganVegetarian+2

Molokhia — a deep-green bowl of minced jute-leaf soup

Egyptian

Molokhia

Source: Traditional

50 min4260 kcal

HalalGluten-freeNut-free

Mahshi koromb — cabbage leaves rolled around herbed rice

Egyptian

Mahshi (Stuffed Vegetables)

Source: Traditional

90 min4420 kcal

HalalVeganVegetarian+3

Bamia — okra stewed in tomato, served in an earthenware dish

Egyptian

Bamia (Okra Stew)

Source: Traditional

45 min4220 kcal

HalalVeganVegetarian+3

Hawawshi cut open to show the spiced minced-meat filling inside baladi bread

Egyptian

Hawawshi

Source: Traditional

45 min4560 kcal

HalalDairy-freeNut-free🌶️

Sayadieh — fried fish on onion-browned rice with almonds and parsley

Egyptian

Sayadieh

Source: Traditional

70 min4610 kcal

HalalPescatarianDairy-free

Om Ali — baked bread-and-milk pudding topped with nuts and saffron

Egyptian

Om Ali

Source: Traditional

40 min6520 kcal

HalalVegetarian

Mujaddara — lentils and rice buried under deeply browned onions

Egyptian

Mujaddara (Lentils and Rice)

Source: Traditional

50 min4430 kcal

HalalVeganVegetarian+3

Feteer meshaltet cut open to show its many thin layers

Egyptian

Feteer Meshaltet (Egyptian Layered Pastry)

Source: Traditional

150 min6480 kcal

VegetarianHalalNut-free

A pile of eish baladi, the bran-crusted Egyptian pocket bread

Egyptian

Eish Baladi (Egyptian Wholemeal Pocket Bread)

Source: Traditional

180 min8210 kcal

VeganVegetarianHalal+2

An Egyptian lunch table with a tagine of torly, rice and salad

Egyptian

Torly (Egyptian Vegetable and Meat Casserole)

Source: Traditional

120 min6420 kcal

HalalDairy-freeGluten-free+1🌶️

Hamam mahshi: a stuffed pigeon served whole on the plate

Egyptian

Hamam Mahshi (Stuffed Pigeon)

Source: Traditional

150 min4580 kcal

HalalDairy-freeNut-free🌶️

Ful nabet: sprouted fava bean soup in a tomato broth with coriander

Egyptian

Ful Nabet (Sprouted Fava Bean Soup)

Source: Traditional

90 min6230 kcal

VeganVegetarianHalal+3🌶️

Duqqa being pounded in a mortar to a coarse, dry rubble of nuts and seeds

Egyptian

Duqqa (Egyptian Nut and Spice Dip)

Source: Traditional

25 min10120 kcal

VeganVegetarianHalal+2🌶️

Basbousa: syrup-soaked semolina squares, each with a nut in the centre

Egyptian

Basbousa (Syrup-Soaked Semolina Cake)

Source: Traditional

70 min16310 kcal

VegetarianHalal

Kahk el Eid buried under icing sugar

Egyptian

Kahk el Eid (Egyptian Feast Biscuits)

Source: Traditional

120 min30180 kcal

VegetarianHalal

Qatayef: folded pancakes filled with pistachio and cream, and fried ones in syrup

Egyptian

Qatayef (Ramadan Stuffed Pancakes)

Source: Traditional

90 min20220 kcal

VegetarianHalal

A glass of sobia, the white Egyptian coconut and rice drink

Egyptian

Sobia (Coconut and Rice Drink)

Source: Traditional

260 min6240 kcal

VegetarianHalalGluten-free

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