kofta

Ingredients

 kilo of meat finely minced ½

rusk

an egg

garlic

salt

condiment

pepper

coriander

curry

According to the desire of reddening: Rusk

eggs

(Prolific (add oil to Rusk pepper and a little salt, garlic powder

METHODS

Mix meatballs ingredients until well cohere taken appropriate part of the meat and wrap fingers and continue until the meat ends up rolling the fingers of meatballs in a good breading is the egg mixture by adding a little oil and batters (oil makes eggs coherent mixture) Spare meatballs are placed in the egg and graduated to be placed again in the breadcrumbs to be ready for roasting put the oil in a deep pot over medium heat and fry meatballs cut bowed golden remove from oil and place on absorbent paper and left to calm down the temperature and provides ..

Koshary

 

Serves: 4 – 5
- 2 cups short grain rice (known as Egyptian rice around here) …. you can even use medium grain if you want …
- 1 cup brown lentils … rinsed
- 2 cups cooked elbow pasta .. or any other small pasta you like
- 4 big red onions … chopped in half .. then into crescent shape
- 2 big tomatoes … peeled and chopped ..
- 1 tb tomato sauce
- 2 big garlic cloves … minced
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 1 ts cumin
- 1/2 ts turmeric
- 1/2 ts safflower
- salt … 2 ts for the rice … and 1 /2 ts for the sauce
- 1 tb ghee or butter

In a pot add the lentils …. then add enough water to cover around 2 inches above the lentils ….
Bring it to a boil and cook until the lentils are just cooked … dont over cook them or they will be too mushy .. you want it to hold its shape

Once the lentils are done … strain it .. and preserve the liquid that you cooked it in … this will be used to cook the rice later …

Now to make the tomato sauce …
In a pot … add the tomatoes, minced garlic, and 1/2 ts salt …. then add to it around 1/2 cup of water … mix everything together … and let it boil over low heat for around 20 to 30 mins .. until it represents pasta sauce .. if its liquids dry out … add a little more water …
Ps. some people like to puree the sauce after its done … its totally upto you

Now for the onions .. after chopping the onions .. heat some oil … and deep fry them until golden …

Be careful not to over fry them or they will become black quickly …

Cooking the rice …
In a pot … melt the ghee or butter …. then to it add the finely chopped onion … and cook it until slightly golden …

Then add 2 1/2 cups of the reserved lentil water ….
Ps. The amount of water used depends on the type of rice used … if you are using eygptian rice then add as much as mentioned if using different you have to adjust accordingly

To the lentil liquid … add the cumin ….

Then add 2 ts salt …. also add the safflower and turmeric …

Once the mixture gets to a boil … add the rice … Cover and cook it over VERY low heat until the rice is done … around 15 mins …
Now all your ingredients are ready ….

To serve it … you start by a layer of rice …. then a layer of lentils … then the cooked pasta …. then add the tomato sauce .. and finally add a little of onion …
And thats it …. you got a healthy vegetarian Koshary …
Enjoy  …

Pasta with Meat and Bechamel

Ingredients
(Boil the Pasta, Mince Meat mix (with Oil, Onion, Spices, Coriander), 1 medium can Craft Cheese (shredded

Bechamel Ingredients: ½ Small Glass Oil + 1 small Glass Flour + 3 + ½ big Glasses Water + Salt +Black Pepper + 3 Table spoon Milk Powder.


Method of Preparation
Start doing the béchamel by roast the flour in the oil ,the n mix the milkwith the water, flow it slowly and stir them , add the salt , and the pepper, if it need for more water just add it in few amount..
Put in the payer, then another layer from the Pasta the spread the shredded craft cheese, then Meat layer, then the pasta, and finally last layer from the béchamel sauce. Put it in the oven for 10 min, then roast it from top… serves it hot...