Hamada's Authentic Egyptian Kusherie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup lentils
• 1 quartered garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 3 large onions
• 1 cup oil
• 6 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni
• 2 cups dry rice
• salt
• chicken stock or vegetable stock
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 dash lime juice
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 1 dash yellow mustard
• 2 tablespoons vinegar

Recipe

• 1 chop the onions into small pieces ( i use the small electric food chopper and chop them in batches ) reserve 1 tablespoon of the chopped onions for use later in the sauce.
• 2 heat the oil on med high heat, you want the oil to be very hot before putting in the onions.
• 3 add the onions in batches and fry until you get a deep brown (but not burned) color. you want them to be crispy. be sure to watch them carefully as they go from medium brown to dark kind of quickly.
• 4 drain them onto paper towels and set aside.
• 5 boil lentils in water (about 4 cups) along with 1 clove garlic cut into quarters, and 1 tablespoon cumin until cooked, drain and set aside. meanwhile:.
• 6 boil the macaroni until done (about 10 min).
• 7 cook the rice in the chicken stock add salt if the broth is unsalted.
• 8 put them all together in the same pot and mix well.
• 9 make the sauce.
• 10 in 1 tablespoon oil heated over medium heat add 2 cloves minced garlic, 1 tablespoon chopped onions that you reserved from before, and a dash of salt, stir and fry about 2 minute.
• 11 add 1 and ½ teaspoon sugar to the onion garlic mixture and mix well.
• 12 next, add one can 15 oz can tomato sauce.
• 13 now add 2 tablepoons vinegar, a small squirt yellow mustard and a dash of lime juice. you can adjust the amounts according to your personal taste but it should have kind of a slight puckery bite.
• 14 to serve, put the kusherie onto a plate and add a small amount of sauce to the top. (a little goes a long way, and you can always add more according to taste) sprinkle the whole thing liberally with the fried onions. mix together and enjoy!