Dalida Sings to Egypt ,Helwa ya baladi

Helwa ya baladi means Oh beautiful my country

#Dalida

ِA song by a world legend singer Dalida Born and raised in Egypt , Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was a French vocalist and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents. She won the Miss Egypt beauty contest in 1954. Her singing career began in 1956 and ended with her last album in 1986, half a year before she committed suicide.

This song by Dalida is made and dedicated to Egypt. English translation is under the video

R.I.B

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

My hope was always

To come back to my country

And stay with you forever

Memories from the past

My country I remember

My heart is full of stories

My country, I remember

My first love was in my country

It's impossible for my to forget

Wheres the old days

Before leaving

We used to say that separation was impossible

And every tear on the cheeks used to drop

Filled with lots of hope that we will stay

In the sea of love

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

Wheres the love of my heart

He was away from me

And every time we sing

I think of him

Tell me love, where are you going and leaving me

It's the most beautiful song were both going to sing

My country is a beautiful word to be singing between the lines

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

My hope was always

To come back to my country

And stay with you forever

Koshari Egyptian national dish recipe

Delicious Egyptian national food recipe  

#Koshari

Didn't eat well yesterday and I was dreaming of food, so I thought today post will be about a national Egyptian dish "Koshari" if you are a vegetarian or not you will love it.
Koshari is a combination of lentils, rice, chickpeas, fried onion and pasta with a Middle Eastern spice tomato sauce

Koshari Recipe for 3 or 4 persons

Ingredients:

½ cup chickpeas 

2 cups rice (must be washed well)

1½  cup brown lentils (must be washed well)

1 cup small Macaroni or spaghetti

4 big onions chopped as rings

5 minced garlic cloves

Olive oil

4 spoons white vinegar

Juice of 4 big tomatoes

1 spoon tomato paste

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pepper

½ teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon hot sauce (upon your desire)

procedure:

The video is in Arabic but i have translate it to English at the bottom.

1- We start by putting the chickpeas in hot water for 30 min then we put it on heat till its cooked.
2- We boil the lentils till its half cooked drain from water .
3- We add the rice to the lentil and also add ½ teaspoon of salt and ½ teaspoon of pepper leaving it to be completely cooked.
4- Boil the pasta till its done then pour it through a strainer.
Here is another secret for a really tasty Egyptian Koshari – in a big size pan we put 1 spoon of the oil which we used to fry the onions and we add 2 minced garlic cloves and fry it for 1 minute until it turns pink.
Add the pasta to the pan and leave them together for 5 minutes over low-medium heat while stirring.
5- Onion rings put some salt and 2 tea spoon of starch to make it crispy, frying the chopped onions rings.
Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium pan over medium-high heat and leave them for 6 minutes.
Once the onions turn crispy, we dry them using kitchen paper towels.
6- For the tomato sauce- put 2 spoons of the same oil we used before in frying the onions in a medium size saucepan,
add 3 minced garlic cloves. When it turns pink, we add the tomato juice, 1 spoon of tomato paste,
white vinegar and 1 teaspoon of hot sauce over medium-high heat until the sauce becomes heavy.
If you like it spicy, you can also add 1 teaspoon hot sauce.

Serve :

Add the rice, lentil and macaroni to a large bowl or scoop out desired amounts of each onto the plates.
Add some spicy tomato sauce on top. Sprinkle some crispy onions.
For garnish you can add some boiled chickpeas on top.

See you next time with a new Egyptian national dish, leave a comment for any question I will be glad to help.