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Koshari

Rice, lentils, pasta and fried onion. Carbohydrate on carbohydrate, and it works.

Koshari
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Carbohydrate on carbohydrate

60 minutes · serves 4 · Medium

What you need

  • 200g rice
  • 150g brown lentils
  • 100g small pasta
  • 1 tin chickpeas
  • 3 onions
  • 400g passata
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp chilli
  • Oil

What you do

  1. 1Slice the onions thinly and fry them slowly until deep brown and crisp. Take your time; they are the best part.
  2. 2Cook lentils, rice and pasta separately. Together they turn to paste.
  3. 3For the sauce, cook passata with cumin, chilli and a good slug of vinegar until sharp.
  4. 4Layer: lentils, rice, pasta, chickpeas.
  5. 5Sauce over, fried onions on top, in that order. Mix at the table.