Ingredients

• 1 cup - brown lentils
• 1 cup - rice
• 1 cup - cooked pasta, small elbow macaroni
• 2 - large onions, diced
• 5 cloves - garlic, minced
• 1 can - chopped tomatoes
• olive oil
• vinegar
• pepper
• salt

How to Make Kushari

• Cook the lentils in salt water. When tender, add rice into the boiling water and cook until done.
• Fry onion until dark brown and crispy.
• In a saucepan, cook tomatoes and garlic in a little oil.
• When cooked and thick, add 2 tbsp of vinegar, salt and pepper.
• Mix the lentils, rice and pasta together.
• In each plate, put a couple of spoons of the mixture, top with the tomato sauce, then a bit of the crispy onions.
• Sprinkle with powdered cumin for a twist!