Hamada's Authentic Egyptian Kusherie

Ingredients

• 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

Directions

1. 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. 2

   Heat the oil on med high heat, you want the oil to be very hot before putting in the onions.

3. 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. 4

   Drain them onto paper towels and set aside.

5. 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. 6

   Boil the macaroni until done (about 10 min).

7. 7

   Cook the rice in the chicken stock add salt if the broth is unsalted.

8. 8

   Put them all together in the same pot and mix well.

9. 9

   Make the sauce.

10. 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. 11

    Add 1 and ½ teaspoon sugar to the onion garlic mixture and mix well.

12. 12

    Next, add one can 15 oz can tomato sauce.

13. 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. 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!