They are stuffed with seasoned rice or, even better, bulgur wheat freek before being grilled or baked. Egyptian desserts are quite light. Mahalabiya is a delicate rosewater-flavored ground rice dessert, topped with toasted nuts and cinnamon. Um Ali is similar to the English bread and butter pudding but is less soft and spongy as it is made with local dry bread.
Roz bi laban is rice pudding, which is always served cold. Egyptians are big fans of the sticky for this kind of food, syrup-drenched, nut-filled filo pastries known collectively as baklava. There are numerous different kinds such as konafa, which has a cream base and a crunchy vermicelli pastry crust and Basbousa, made of semolina pastry soaked in honey and topped with hazelnuts.
One of the traditional old food , Fiteer is a light, flaky multilayered bread made from dough stretched paper-thin and folded several times.
It is served stuffed with minced meat or cheese or just plain brushed with Samneh ghee or dusted with icing sugar. While many think it was invented in Lebanon, baba ganoush is a dish you will soon find on Egyptian restaurant menus. It is a dish of meat beef or chicken , rice, garlic, and layers of dry bread soaked in broth.
It is usually cooked in the oven and served with yogurt and nuts. Another great dish for vegetarian travelers. It basically consists of baked vegetables, usually peppers, zucchini or aubergine, stuffed with rice mixed with aromatic herbs parsley, coriander…. It is accompanied by a drink sauce. A creamy green puree prepared with parsley, dill, leek, ground beans, spices, green pepper and fried onions on top. A perfect meal for vegetarians.
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Almost as popular are ruz bi laban rice pudding and omm ali layers of flaky pastry with nuts and raisins, soaked in cream and milk, and baked in the oven. Best of all are the pastries, including kunafa, a vermicelli-like pastry soaked in syrup, or rolled and stuffed with nuts. The most famous of all pastries is baklava, made from delicate filo drenched in syrup. Variations on baklava are flavoured with fresh nuts or stuffed with wickedly rich ishta clotted cream.
Unfortunately for visitors, the best food in Egypt is invariably in private homes. If you are lucky enough to be invited to share a home-cooked meal, take up the offer bring a box of sweets for the hostess.
On these occasions you will most likely be stuffed to the point of bursting — the minute you look close to cleaning your plate, you will be showered with more food, which no amount of protesting can stop. They also dine in large family groups, smoke like chimneys and linger over their meals. At night, Egyptians typically eat lighter or grab snacks.
Portion sizes can be enormous at any time, so order with restraint — wasting food is not appreciated. When in doubt, you can always order a stack of pita bread and a bowl of hummus. If you do eat fish, note that fresh seafood is nearly always available in tourist towns and along the coasts. The main cause of inadvertent meat eating is meat stock, which is often used to make otherwise vegetarian tagen s and soups.
Your hosts or waiter may not even consider such stock to be meat, so they will reassure you that the dish is vegetarian. Egyptians eat a standard three meals a day. For most people breakfast consists of bread and cheese, maybe olives or a fried egg at home, or a fuul fava bean paste sandwich on the run to work. These are the staples:. Ramadan is the Muslim holy month of fasting from sunrise to dusk, but it is also a month of feasting and eating well at night.
Beer is the most popular and commonly found alcoholic beverage in Egypt. While it is possible to find imported alcohol in Egypt, it is more often much cheaper to drink local Egyptian products. While it is perfectly safe for foreign visitors to sample most Egyptian food and drink, there are still some precautions that travellers may want to follow :.
Travers are also advised to be up-to-date with the required vaccines for Egypt before embarking on their trip. Tap water quality and water treatment methods vary from region to region in Egypt and can be affected by a multitude of factors such as the age and material of the pipes, agricultural run-offs and chemical pollutants, human and animal waste, etc. Rather, choose bottled water and drinks.
Hot tea, infusions and other drinks where the water is boiled are safe. Refusing ice in your drinks and brushing your teeth with bottled water are also good ways to prevent illness.
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