Egyptian

Posted by : Rio Pratama (F1021131075)

Well readers, now we will travel to the country which have many ancient history.
The country is Egypt . Egypt has one of the longest histories of any modern state, having been continuously inhabited since the 10th millennium BC. Egypt well known with such of ancient relic such as Pyramid, the Great Sphinx

Now, Egypt engage in conflict since Mohamed Morsi was elected as president of Egypt there have been continuous protests. But now, we wouldn't like to talking about the conflict.
Let's talk about the cuisine, first i would like to share the special food from Egypt

Food

Kushari

Kushari is an Egyptian dish of rice, macaroni and lentils mixed together, topped with a tomato sauce; some add spaghetti garnished with chickpeas and crispy fried onions. A sprinkling of garlic juice and hot sauce are optional.

 

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Kushari is widely popular among workers and laborers. It may be prepared at home or served at roadside stalls and restaurants all over Egypt. The cuisine look simple with its own ingredient. As it does not contain any animal products, it can be considered vegan so long as all frying uses vegetable oil.

Drink

It seems not enough if we have been taste the food without mix it up with the drink.

The drink comes with the same name of the food, the drink called Kushari tea.

Kushari tea is prepared using the traditional method of steeping black tea in boiled water and letting it sit for a few minutes. It is almost always sweetened with cane sugar and often flavored with fresh mint leaves.

Kushari tea

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Kushari tea served with mint leaves inside.

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Adding milk is also common. Koshary tea is usually light in color and flavor, with less than a half teaspoonful of tea per cup considered to be near the high end. However, it depend on consumer taste, whether they want to add some extra flavor or not.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt

              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_cuisine

              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushari