{"id":1471,"date":"2023-11-14T09:31:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T09:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2023-11-14T09:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T09:31:18","slug":"koshari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/koshari\/","title":{"rendered":"Koshari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Koshary\">dish<\/a> I wanted to try for some time. I knew about it by chance after reading about the favourite dish from a football player and then by chance, having it by lunch one day at work. It was very tasty, looked healthy and not very complicated. So finally, this weekend I tried it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I followed this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bGM2gh4bxmM\">video<\/a> but not to the dot as I missed\/forgot some ingredients. Still, the result was quite good. I only did the tomate sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 can of chickpeas (I didnt use because I had too much food)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/4 glass of green\/brown lentils<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 can of good pasata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6-7 minced garlic cloves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/5 glass of rice (I used basmati)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 glass of pasta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 small onions, sliced (not diced)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pepper, salt, ground coriander, chilli flakes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olive oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 glass of sunflour oil for deepfrying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In a bowl, put the sliced onions with a bit of salt, pepper, ground coriander  and chilli flakes. Toss it to be sure everything is well mixed. The idea is to make the onions to sweat a bit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cook the lentils in a deep saucepan. Add two parts of boiling water for 1 part of lentils. 1 tsp of coriander and salt + pepper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Dont over cook it, something &#8220;aldente&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep the water of the lentils to cook the pasta. Let aside the lentils.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cook the pasta with the lentils water. Again, till &#8220;aldente&#8221;. Set aside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the water for the last step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Heat up a a frying pan. Once hot, add some oil and the minced garlic. BE CAREFUL dont burn them!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the tomate pasata to the garlic. Add some salt\/pepper. Taste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let it cook at medium heath until thickened. Set aside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the deep saucepan used for the lentils, heat up the sunflour oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once it is hot, add a handfull of onios. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTE: Leave a hand of onions without frying for next step<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let if try for over 10 minutes or until brown (but not burned!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the onions and let them dry with kitchen paper to absorve the oil. Separate them so they dont stick each other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repeat the process with another batch of onions untill all are done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the same saucepan as the onions. Remove some oil, try to clean any debris.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once is hot again, add the leftover onios. Fry until golden.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce to low-middle heat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the rice, mix very well so it doesnt stick to the bottom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a couple of tbs of tomate sauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add the pasta water. Top up if needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the rice is done. Add the lentils and pasta. Mix all carefull<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For serving, add the rice\/lentil\/pasta base<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add some tbs of tomate on top<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add some crispy onions on top.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the middle of the process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1473\" style=\"width:457px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2.png 745w, https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1472\" style=\"width:461px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1.png 724w, https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It didnt taste like the one I remember but it was quite good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For next time, I need to make the Dakkah, Garlic Vinegar sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is dish I wanted to try for some time. I knew about it by chance after reading about the favourite dish from a football player and then by chance, having it by lunch one day at work. It was very tasty, looked healthy and not very complicated. So finally, this weekend I tried it. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/koshari\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Koshari&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1474,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thomarite.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}