Koshery

Prep Time: 10 min

Cook time: 30 min

Serves:4-6

Description
This is true Egyptian comfort food at it's best. Very easy to make and it's cheep!

Ingredients

 * 2 cups medium grain rice uncooked
 * 2 cups of a small pasta such as Ditalini
 * 1/2 cup of uncooked brown lentil
 * 1 can chick peas
 * 1 can of pasta or tomato sauce.
 * 1 large yellow onion diced well.
 * 6-8 cloves garlic to taste
 * red peper powder
 * vinager to taste
 * salt to taste
 * 1/4 cup of cooking oil
 * 2 tsp XV olive oil

Directions

 * 1) In a medium sauce pan heat cooking oil and add diced onions. Cook them until they are almost burnt and very crispy. Remove the onion and place on a paper towel to drain excess oil. save left over oil for the rice.
 * 2) .Cook rice as directed on package and add the oil you used to cook the onion to the rice water and set aside
 * 3) cook pasta as directed and set aside.
 * 4) Cook lentils until tender and set aside, remember to add a dash of salt to taste.
 * 5) While your rice lentils and pasta are cooking make your sauce.
 * 6) Pell and dice garlic cloves
 * 7) In a medium sauce pan heat olive oil then add garilic sate' until brown and there is a nice nutty smell.
 * 8) add the tomato or pasta sauce ( i like to use ragu pasta sauce )
 * 9) Once the sauce is hot add rep pepper to taste and vinager I use a 1/4 to a half cup of vinager Traditional Koshery has 1/2 cup If I have friends over that are new to Egyptian food I cut it down a bit, this is where your taste comes into play
 * 10) add salt to taste
 * 11) Warm chick peas in microwave or on the stove and drain water
 * 12) On a large serving dish spoon rice out flat, next do the same with the pasta, then the lentils and chick peas pour sauce over every thing and top with onions.
 * 13) Enjoy.