Famous Egyptian Dishes and Desserts thread 🇪🇬 #ThisIsEgypt
Om Ali.. This is a must-have dessert, even if you set foot in Egypt for a few minutes.
Om Ali, which means Ali’s mother, is made of layers of puff pastry soaked in milk and mixed with nuts, raisins, pistachio, coconut flakes, and sugar, and then baked.
Om Ali, which means Ali’s mother, is made of layers of puff pastry soaked in milk and mixed with nuts, raisins, pistachio, coconut flakes, and sugar, and then baked.
Hawawshi is a traditional food in Egypt, it’s baladi bread (similar to piadine Italian bread) that is filled with minced meat, onion, pepper,spices and baked in the oven. Hawawshi is perhaps best known as a staple of home-style Egyptian cooking to make you feel good.
Besarah, a creamy green puree prepared with parsley, dill, leek, ground beans, spices, green pepper and fried onions on top. A perfect meal for vegetarians.
Egyptian Fatta.. It is a dish of meat (beef or chicken), rice, garlic, and layers of dry baladi bread soaked in broth. It is usually cooked in the oven and served with yogurt and nuts.
Feteer Meshaltet.. One of the traditional old food, Fiteer is a light, flaky multilayered bread made from dough stretched paper-thin and folded several times. It is served stuffed with minced meat or cheese or just plain brushed with butter or dusted with icing sugar.
Sweet Potato is one of the cheapest desserts in Egypt.
The locals usually line up by the cart, and the sweet potatoes are baked in front of them in a wood-fired oven.
Today, there are even modernized carts that sell the sweet potato with ice cream, caramel sauce, and nuts
The locals usually line up by the cart, and the sweet potatoes are baked in front of them in a wood-fired oven.
Today, there are even modernized carts that sell the sweet potato with ice cream, caramel sauce, and nuts
Sayadiyah fish is cooked mainly in coastal cities such as Suez, Portsaid, and Alexandria. It is made of white fish such as sea bass or bluefish, and cooked with yellow rice, onions, spices and tomato sauce. It is then cooked in a casserole.
Stuffed Pigeon.. A traditional delicacy food, pigeons (Hamaam) are bred throughout Egypt in conical pigeon towers. They are stuffed with seasoned rice or, even better, bulgur wheat (freek) before being grilled or baked.
Mulukhiya.. It is one of the favorite dishes of Egyptians, this is a soup made from mallow leaves, garlic and coriander. Green in color, it has a thick, viscous texture. Egyptians eat it with meat such as rabbit or lamb and white rice.
Koshari.. One of the famous Egyptian dishes, A mix of rice, brown lentils, chickpeas and macaroni topped with fried onions and a spicy tomato sauce, koshari is normally eaten in dedicated koshari restaurants that serve the dish exclusively.
Ful medames, or simply fūl, is a stew of cooked fava beans served with vegetable oil, cumin, and optionally with chopped parsley, garlic, onion, lemon juice, chili pepper and other vegetable, herb and spice ingredients. Served in pitta or baladi bread.
Egyptian Tamiya-Falafel is made with mashed fava beans and parsley. It is made in the shape of flat discs, fried and is typically eaten as a sandwich with salad and sesame paste (tahina)
Mahshi.. Another great dish for vegetarian travelers. It’s basically vegetables, usually peppers, zucchini or aubergine, stuffed with rice mixed with aromatic herbs (parsley, coriander…). Cooked in tomato sauce. There are different kinds of Mahshi like cabbage and vine leaves
Alexandrian Kebdah (liver) and sausage. The liver is prepared with hot pepper, garlic, onion and spices. As for the sausage, it is usually cooked in different ways, but mainly with tomato sauce and hot pepper. Both are served with pickles.
Savory Rice With Cream (Egyptian Meammar Rice) Baked rice in clay pots, loaded with butter, milk, and cream, can be savory or sweet. Incredible texture and heavenly taste.
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