One should probably not advertise oneself as authentically diverse without backing it up once in awhile. So saying, I would like to provide, for your sampling pleasure, a recipe for Koshary Ads...the ultimate in Egyptian comfort food:
6 eggs
2 cups calrose rice
1 cup red lentils
1 tablespoon olive oil
tepid water
salt, pepper, cumin
3 medium roma tomatoes
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
Boil a small pot of water. Place the eggs into the boiling water. Let boil for around ten minutes while you prepare the koshary ads.
Place rice and lentils together in the pot of your rice cooker. Rinse thoroughly and repeatedly with tap water until the water stops becoming milky when added to the rice mixture. This may take as many as four or five rinses. Add water until it comes up to the first knuckle of your middle finger when you stick your hand in vertically and touch the rice. Add the oil and the spices and set your rice cooker to cook. It should take around twenty minutes. During this time, dice the tomatoes and chop the cilantro and set aside. Place your boiled eggs into lukewarm water and peel. They are much easier to peel if they are still quite warm. Once peeled, let the eggs cool for a few minutes then slice in half lengthwise.
When your koshary ads is finished cooking, fluff it up with a large plastic spoon, then spoon a generous portion onto each plate. Place beside it three egg halves. Garnish the koshary ads with diced tomatoes and chopped cilantro and a sprinkle of cumin. Serve while koshary is still hot. Serves four.
All true Egyptian meals should be followed by hot loose-leaf tea with sugar and mint.
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