Food of Egypt

Koshari

Rice, lentils and pasta under tomato sauce and crispy onions.

📍 Cairo

Taameya

From Egypt, Taameya is a well-known street food.

Feteer Meshaltet

Many-layered flaky pastry, sweet or savoury.

📍 Nationwide

Hawawshi

Spiced minced meat baked inside crisp flatbread.

📍 Nationwide

Kushari

Kushari is one of the classic dishes in the rice dish tradition of Egypt.

Umm Ali

Warm milk pudding of pastry, nuts and coconut.

📍 Nationwide

Aish Merahrah

Hailing from Egypt, Aish Merahrah is a much-loved flatbread.

Ful Medames

Slow-cooked fava beans mashed with oil, lemon and cumin.

📍 Nationwide

Kunāfah

Kunāfah is one of the classic dishes in the sweet pastry tradition of Egypt.

Molokhia

Garlicky green jute-leaf stew over rice.

📍 Nationwide

Rumi

Rumi is one of the classic dishes in the cheese tradition of Egypt.