Egyptians always eat bread and onions. One main dish mashawi which means barbecue in Arabic. Along with that, they also eat shawerma, kebab, falafel, and baba ghannoug.
Mashawi
This dish is can be chicken barbecue, mutton barbecue, fish barbecue, or meat barbecue. It is eaten with salad and khoobus or thick bread. For side dish, along with the barbecue, they eat onions and tomatoes. Sometimes, they also eat carrot and green peas cooked with spices. |
Baba Ghannoug
Baba Ghannoug is basically eggplant with onions, tomatoes, and olive oil mixed as a paste. This is eaten with Arabic bread. It's toppings are corriander, chilli powder, and olive oil. |
Falafel Shawerma
Falafel is also known as Tamia Sandwich. Falafels are Shawerma is minced chicken or small thin
vegetarian patties which have chickpeas or beans. It is slices of chicken and french fries, tomatoes,
stuffed in bread which also has onions, cabbage, and onions, and lettuce stuffed and rolled in bread. It
carrots. can be eaten as their daily meal.
Falafel is also known as Tamia Sandwich. Falafels are Shawerma is minced chicken or small thin
vegetarian patties which have chickpeas or beans. It is slices of chicken and french fries, tomatoes,
stuffed in bread which also has onions, cabbage, and onions, and lettuce stuffed and rolled in bread. It
carrots. can be eaten as their daily meal.