Lentil Pita Pockets (Vegetarian Hawawshi)

Lentil Pita Pockets (Vegetarian Hawawshi)

Egyptians like bread which is why sandwiches of all kinds compose several prominent morning meal and lunch foods. While most of these sandwiches have their beginnings outside Egypt, such as burgers, fajitas or Syrian shwarma, there are a couple of homemade exemptions, such as hawawshi. Invented in 1971 by a butcher called Ahmed al-Hawawsh that…

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Hawawshi

Hawawshi (Egyptian Meat Stuffed Bread)

A recipe for Hawawshi (Egyptian Meat Stuffed Bread)! Aish Baladi (Egyptian Bread) is crammed with a spiced meat combination and baked till cooked by and golden. Ingredients 1 pound (450 grams) floor beef not lean 1 medium onion peeled and finely chopped 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced 1 tomato seeds eliminated, finely chopped 1/2…

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