# Koshari

Recipe · Yalanji Kitchen · https://yalanjikitchen.com/r/586?l=en
Categories: Vegetarian, Main Dishes

![Koshari](https://res.cloudinary.com/mintad/image/upload/v1587725690/images/file_vz5omv.jpg)

## Ingredients

### Koshari

- 1 cup small pasta
- 1 cup brown lentils
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1/4 cup vermicelli
- 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 chicken stock cubes
- Salt
- Black pepper
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- Fried sliced onions (optional)

### Sauce

- 4 tomatoes, blended
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp sugar
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Tabasco to taste
- 1/4 cup water

## Method

1. Boil the pasta with a little oil and salt for about 7 minutes.
2. Remove the pasta and boil the lentils in the same water for about 10 minutes.
3. Soak and rinse the rice.
4. In a pot, heat the vegetable oil and soften the onion, add the vermicelli until toasted, then the rice and lentils with the lentil water to 1/2 cm above. Adjust the salt and black pepper, add the stock cubes and olive oil, boil until the water evaporates, then lower the heat until cooked.
5. Sauce: simmer the blended tomatoes with 1/4 cup water, tomato paste and sugar, adjust the salt, add black pepper and let it thicken on low heat. Add chili to taste.
6. Assemble: rice and lentils, then pasta, then the tomato sauce, and fried onions if you like.

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