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Koshari
Egypt's national street food - a hearty bowl of rice, lentils and pasta under spiced tomato sauce and crispy onions.
Umm Ali
Warm milk pudding of pastry, nuts and coconut.
Aish Merahrah
Sourdough-maize flatbread from Upper Egypt, leavened with fenugreek and baked on clay taboons in Nile-valley towns from Beni Suef to Sohag.
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Ful Medames
Slow-cooked fava beans mashed with oil, lemon and cumin.
Bamya
Bamya is an Egyptian okra stew cooked with tomato, onion and garlic, often with lamb or beef.
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