Recipe: Kushari/Kosherie (Middle Eastern Pasta, Lentils, and Rice) 13 September 2007 1:27 pm
Posted by Tracy in : cooking,eating,friends,recipes,restaurants,tea,vegan,vegetarian , 9 commentsMmm, kushari. I promised y’all comfort food suitable for enjoying after a test, and I’m happy to deliver this recipe, oh yes indeed. I first tasted this dish at a family style dinner at Iraila Mediterranean Rustica here in Eugene. Their theme that month was Mediterranean fast food, and they translated a whole host of delicious street foods into classy but not snooty sit-down dining, and it was absolutely brilliant on more levels than I can really express. Months later, I stumbled across a recipe for “Middle Eastern Lentils & Pasta” in my beloved Moosewood Restaurant New Classics, and realized that it was that thing I hadn’t been able to stop eating at Iraila, only they’d spelled it kushari then and Moosewood spelled it kosherie. (more…)
