Food in Egypt Prepared by:

The types of Food in Egypt Prepared by: Mahmoud Hegazy Madison East High School

Let s see the top 10 Popular Arab foods first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mre EY9ZbEUU

The most popular foods in Egypt Let s start

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Rice, black lentils, spaghetti, round little pasta rings, whole hummus, caramelized onions, and thick tomato sauce. Now toss all the previous ingredients together in one big bowl, add some hot sauce and vinaigrette. Eat. That is pretty much what is in a kushari. Sounds mental but it s delish! Here s a link which gives you the ingredients and the steps of how to make it: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/173422/egyptian-koshary/ How to make Koshary

Falafel known also as Tai mia

Falafel with sesame seeds

HOW TO MAKE FALAFEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fob6bxhzyf0

Egyptian Foul (Fava beans)

Baladi Bread

Egyptian Hawawshi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pad3icz iprc How to make Egyptian Hawawshi

Shawarma

While shawerma is not originally a native Egyptian dish, it became so due to Egypt being part of the Ottoman Empire. That said, the best shawerma in Egypt will traditionally be available at Syrian owned sandwich parlors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucmjbvasgx k How to make Shawerma

If you are familiar with Biryani, then this should be easy. It is the same concept: bread, meat, and rice layered one on top of the other with a vinegar and tomato sauce. The bread is, again, baladi bread, and the meat used is mostly beef, veal, or lamb. Fattah

Fattah

Sayadeya

A seafood dish made with white fish, traditionally bass, bluefish, or mullet, cooked with rice and an onion/tomato sauce then baked in a tagine or similar earthenware. If going to Alexandria, Port Said, or Suez and you are a seafood lover then this is the dish for you. Sayadeya

Besarah

Besarah has been known since Pharaonic times and the ancient Egyptians, this vegetarian dish is a celebration of herbs and spices. Made with parsley, dill, leek, crushed fava beans, onions, green bell pepper or hot chilli pepper, fresh green coriander, and spices (dry coriander, dry mulukhiyah, cumin, salt and pepper). When cooked it turns into a green, creamy paste-like dip. Best eaten with baladi bread. Besarah

Egyptian Kofta

If you don't have a grinder, pulse the onion in a food processor until chopped finely and then add the beef and pulse until it reaches quite a fine consistency. Place in a bowl. Soak bread in milk and add to meat together with the seasonings. Mix well and form into football shaped meatballs 2-3 inch in diameter. Kofta

MOLOKHIA

Molokhia, also known as Jute, or Jews Mallow is the name of both a plant and a dish. It has medium sized saw-toothed leaves that come to a point at the tip and have small tendrils at the base of each leaf. Nutritionally, it has three times the calcium and phospherous as Kale, and four times the amount of riboflavin. It also provides 70% of the RDA value for Vitamin C, 25% of the RDA of Vitamin A amongst a host of other minerals and vitamins. MOLOKHIA

EGYPTIAN MAHSHI Many types

http://mideats.com/gra pe-leaves-stuffedwith-rice-and-groundbeef/ Grape Leaves Stuffed with Rice and Ground Beef (Mahshi Wara Enab)

http://www.arabameric a.com/recipe/cabbagerolls-malfuf-mahshi/ Mahshi Malfouf - Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Mahshi eggplant

Mahshi Kousa

Mahshi felfel,pepper

Mahshi Tamatem

Desserts in Egypt

Basbousa in Egyptian (but Hereessa in Alexandria), Revani in Turkey or Namoura in Syrian, this delicious well known dish can be found in the east of Middle East. A sweet cake made of semolina, same wheat used in pasta and couscous, soaked in simple sweet syrup; sometimes the syrup is flavoured with coconut or rose water. Basbousa can be eaten with nuts, heavy cream or plain. Basbousa

Sweet, rich, crunchy and creamy, Kunafeh or Knafeh can be found in regions that used to be occupied by the Ottoman Empire. This sweet pastry is the Middle Eastern version of the cheese cake. Kunafeh is made of semolina dough and thin noodle-like phyllo pastry. It is stuffed with a white soft cheese such as Nabulsi cheese. Kunafeh is crunchy on the outside and is soaked in simple sweet syrup. Recently, the Middle East has seen variations of this dish with the addition of Mangoes. KUNAFEH

Like many Middle Eastern dishes, baklava is said to have developed during the Ottoman Empire. However, this tasty dessert can be found in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus and Georgia too. BAKLAVA

Qatayef is an Arab dessert commonly eaten during Ramadan. It is said that Qatayef is of Fatimid origin. Qatayef is sweet a dumpling often filled with Akkawi cheese, or any unsalted cheese. It can also be filled with nuts. It is commonly fried, yet, some cultures bake it. Qatayef are drizzled with honey, sweet sugar syrup or powdered sugar. QATAYEF

Feteer or Feteer Meshaltet is originally known as feteer maltout. In Ancient Egypt, Egyptians served feteer as an offering to the gods. It has since become a popular pastry among Egyptians and the Middle East. In its original form feteer is baked in an earth oven (pizza oven) and is baked in huge quantities. The plain feteer pastry can be eaten with honey, cheese, jam, sugar, molasses and many other options. However, variations of this pastry have included different ingredient and toppings. Today, feteer can be eaten with all kinds of meat and all kinds of dessert additions such as custard. FETEER

LET S Learn some Arabic Basics

Welcome = مرحب Marhaba Hello = اها س ا Ahlan wa sahlan Peace be upon you = السا ع يكم Assalam alykom تشرفن Tasharafna= it is nice to meet you

Good morning= Sabah El khair صب ح الخير Good evening = Masaa El khair مس ء الخير Good night = Tesbah Alakhair تصبح ع ي خير Shoukran= Thanks Afwan= You re welcome More greetings

Assalam alykom. Ana Esmy. Ana Amreeky min Madison, Wisconsin Peace be upon you. My name is I am an American from Madison, Wisconsin. Ana = I Ante(Lady) or Anta(Man) = You

Ma Esmak? = What is your name? م اسمك Ana Esmy Barb. ان اسمي ب ر Asking about one s name

Apology in Arabic Ana Asef = I am sorry (Man) Ana Asefa = I am sorry (Lady) Ozran= Excuse me Reply Mafeesh Moshkela = No problem Wala Yehemak = Never mind

Mumtaz (Man) Mumtaza = (Lady) Excellent

Revision: simple phrases and words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmrjdjzcpma

Min Fadlak= If you please Law Samaht= Please Na am = Yes La= No Ejles min Fadlak= Please take a seat Entazer= Wait Phrases and words

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