🇪🇬Egyptian Recipes

Discover Egyptian cuisine — ful medames, koshary, molokhia, Sham el-Nessim feast, and the food of ancient and modern Egypt.

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Egyptian cuisine emphasizes beans (ful medames), grains (koshary), greens (molokhia), and Nile-delta seafood. Sham el-Nessim (Coptic spring feast, post-Easter) features fesikh (fermented mullet), colored eggs, scallions, and lettuce.

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Fava beansLentilsRiceCuminCorianderGarlicLemonTahiniMolokhia (jute leaves)Sumac

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Egyptian Fatta (فتة) — Layered Meat, Rice, and Crisp Bread
Egyptian fatta layers toasted aish baladi, rice, rich meat broth, and garlicky vinegar-tomato sauce. It is a beloved Eid al-Adha centerpiece, often served beside molokhia, mahshi, or other family feast dishes.
145 min 6 790 cal

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Feseekh (فسيخ) — Egyptian Salt-Cured Mullet for Sham el-Nessim

Feseekh, also spelled fesikh, is Egypt’s pungent salt-cured grey mullet served especially at Sham el-Nessim spring picnics. It is eaten with lemon, oil, onions, sumac, and aish baladi to balance its deep salinity.

30 min 4 685 cal

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Egyptian Fatta (فتة) — Layered Meat, Rice, and Crisp Bread

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Feseekh (فسيخ) — Egyptian Salt-Cured Mullet for Sham el-Nessim

Hawawshi (حواوشي) — Egyptian Spiced Meat-Stuffed Baladi Bread