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My husband and well pretty much everyone else laughs at how much I love it. But its soooooooooooooooooo good. Do you make it at home? I did once but it uses so many pans!
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oh yessssssssssss. When the guy at the Koshari place sees me he knows I will ask for the extra sauce. I couldn't go a whole week only eating Koshari once. I eat it 3-4 times per week. I don't know what I will do when I go back to the US! Maybe I will start a Koshari craze!!
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quote:Originally posted by minry80: Do you make it at home?
I cook almost everything but Koshari. It can never be as good as the ones I buy in Egypt, so why try!
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Fast food chaine... "Koshari King" I can see it now all up and down the Eastern Coast.. LOL! I like it but it reminds me of Pasta FAzzoli a bit as my weakness in Italian.....
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i've been craving it since i came to australia. so my mother in law did it for me, and i got so excited. but i was so disappointed when i tasted what she did. whatever that was it wasnt korshari! Posts: 4446 | From: Egyptian in Sydney | Registered: Mar 2005
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quote:Originally posted by 7ayat- nefsi fe molokheya: i've been craving it since i came to australia. so my mother in law did it for me, and i got so excited. but i was so disappointed when i tasted what she did. whatever that was it wasnt korshari!
LOL. Why didn't you make it yourself?
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quote:Originally posted by 7ayat- nefsi fe molokheya: i've been craving it since i came to australia. so my mother in law did it for me, and i got so excited. but i was so disappointed when i tasted what she did. whatever that was it wasnt korshari!
LOL. Why didn't you make it yourself?
because i'm a disaster in the kitchen! i can't even boil pasta. but i'm going to learn soon inshallah Posts: 4446 | From: Egyptian in Sydney | Registered: Mar 2005
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7ayat, what happened to your name, girl? You keep changing it all the time!
You look like Snow White, followed each month by another dwarf!
First, you were simply 7ayat (Snow White), then you were followed by Happy, after that, Sleepy, and now Sneezy... I hope it will never be Grumpy's turn... Posts: 1744 | From: Romania | Registered: Dec 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Sadeeqy: 7ayat, what happened to your name, girl? You keep changing it all the time!
You look like Snow White, followed each month by another dwarf!
First, you were simply 7ayat (Snow White), then you were followed by Happy, after that, Sleepy, and now Sneezy... I hope it will never be Grumpy's turn...
LOL, actually my names just reflect how i'm feeling at the moment. 7ayat means life. magnouna khales taralaly means very very crazy. and nefsi fe molokheya which i have now means "i'm craving for molokheya." molokheya is an egyptian dish which i adore, and miss terribly Posts: 4446 | From: Egyptian in Sydney | Registered: Mar 2005
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It is said that the original name for Molokheya is Mulukeyya ملوكية meaning ("of the kings"), and that the public turned the K to the present KH.
A thousand years ago, the mad Fatimid Caliph, al-Hakim bi Amrillah banned the public from eating Molokheya, among many other irrational things.
al-Maqrizi in Itti'ath al-Hunanfa' أتعاظ الحنفا للمقريزي in 395 AH, in 7th of Muharram an order from al-Hakim bi Amrillah was read in all mosques forbidding eating molokheya, because Mu'awya ibn Abi Sufyan, the arch-enemy of the Shia used to like it!
وقرئ سجل في الأطعمة بالمنع من أكل الملوخية المحببة كانت لمعاوية بن أبي سفيان والبقلة المسماة بالجرجير المنسوبة إلى عائشة رضي الله عنها والمتوكلية المنسوبة إلى المتوكل
In 399 A.H. a few people were caught with contraband food, molokheya and lupin (a favorite snack in Egypt) among them, and they were flogged and paraded for all to see.
وشهر جماعة وجد عندهم فقاع وملوخية وترمس ودلينس بعد ضربهم
In 418 A.H., al-Zahir allowed molokheya to be consumed again:
وفي سنة ثمان عشرة شرب الظاهر الخمر وترخص فيه للناس وفي سماع الغناء وشرب الفقاع وأكل الملوخية وسائر أصناف السمك فأقبل الناس على اللهو
Also, al-Maqrizi in al-Mawa'ith wa al-I'tibar المواعظ والاعتبار في ذكر الخطط والآثار المقريزي quotes similar things:
وفي سنة خمس وتسعين أمر النصارى واليهود بشد الزنار ولبس الغيار ومنع الناس من أكل الملوخية والجرجير والتوكلية والدلينس وذبح الأبقار السليمة من العاهة إلا في أيام الأضحية ومنع من بيع الفقاع وعمله البتة وأن لايدخل أحد الحمام إلا بمئزر وأن لا تكشف امرأة وجهها في طريق ولا خلف جنازة و لاتتبرج ولا يباع شيء من السمك بغير قشر ولا يصطاد أحد من الصبيا دين وتتبع اناس في ذلك كله وشدد فيه وضرب جماعة بسبب مخالفتهم ما أمروا به ونهوا عنه مما ذكر
Ibn Kathir in al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya البداية و النهاية لابن كثير also lists some strange things attributed to al-Hakim:
وكان قد منع النساء من الخروج من منازلهن، وقطع شجر الأعناب حتى لا يتخذ الناس منها خمراً، ومنعهم من طبخ الملوخية، وأشياء من الرعونات التي من أحسنها منع النساء من الخروج، وكراهة الخمر
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wow humming, thanks for that i never before thought what the history of molokheya is, cool Posts: 4446 | From: Egyptian in Sydney | Registered: Mar 2005
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I can't eat molokheya. It tastes ok but it looks like a bowl of snot. If I ever blew my nose in a bowl it would look exactly like molokheya. All I can think about when I see it is boogers.
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quote:Originally posted by minry80: I can't eat molokheya. It tastes ok but it looks like a bowl of snot. If I ever blew my nose in a bowl it would look exactly like molokheya. All I can think about when I see it is boogers.
please. please don't share your thoughts on molokhiyya with us any longer. to me, molokhiyya is holy food. it is beyond being commented on by mortals. thank you.
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quote:Originally posted by minry80: I can't eat molokheya. It tastes ok but it looks like a bowl of snot. If I ever blew my nose in a bowl it would look exactly like molokheya. All I can think about when I see it is boogers.
I DON'T KNOW ONE FOREIGHNER WHO THINKS OTHERWISE OF IT.
How come it's never so to an Egyptian?
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I don't know. Would you eat green beans boiled to death in a cheap can of cream of mushroom soup?
Does that sound appealing at all? That's a staple of an American thanksgiving dinner. Ew.
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quote:Originally posted by MousseT: What is molokheya?
Horrible!! Though if I tell people I don't like it, they assure me it's because I haven't tried their molokheya
Sorry to those who like it, but YUK!!
Salam
Ok, but how is it done? Ingredients? Is it similar to anything? (You all made me so curious!!!!)
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quote:Originally posted by Snoozin: I don't know. Would you eat green beans boiled to death in a cheap can of cream of mushroom soup?
Does that sound appealing at all? That's a staple of an American thanksgiving dinner. Ew.
I'm glad I never had Thanksgiving dinner at your house. That sounds horribly digusting and I don't know anyone who's ever eaten that. Or why anyone would want to.
please. please don't share your thoughts on molokhiyya with us any longer. to me, molokhiyya is holy food. it is beyond being commented on by mortals. thank you. [/QB]
I also like Molokhiayya, it tastes good, but I cannt eat it In a Regular way as Egyptain!
don’t say that you like okra, like most Egyptains do "did I write it right?" de b2a betlz2a keda while you are eating it!!
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quote:Originally posted by Snoozin: I don't know. Would you eat green beans boiled to death in a cheap can of cream of mushroom soup?
Does that sound appealing at all? That's a staple of an American thanksgiving dinner. Ew.
I'm glad I never had Thanksgiving dinner at your house. That sounds horribly digusting and I don't know anyone who's ever eaten that. Or why anyone would want to.
*We* don't serve this! But it is an American staple... maybe it's a southern thing. I dunno. But it's the infamous greenbean casserole!
please. please don't share your thoughts on molokhiyya with us any longer. to me, molokhiyya is holy food. it is beyond being commented on by mortals. thank you.
I also like Molokhiayya, it tastes good, but I cannt eat it In a Regular way as Egyptain!
don’t say that you like okra, like most Egyptains do "did I write it right?" de b2a betlz2a keda while you are eating it!! [/QB]
Growing up, i never liked molokhiyya. It wasn't until I had it at Abou Ilseed (bil sodfa) about 5 years ago that I fell in love with it. They don't do it the traditional way ... not too heavy (garlic-wise) nor slimy. It was just perfect. I have since had numerous molokhiyya haters revert to becoming molokhiyya addicts. I highly recommend abo ilseed's molokhiyya with chicken.
i am indifferent about okra ...
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Hmmm I love molokheya! I actually prefer the way I make it to the way my SILs make it. They put WAY too much semnah in it. I prefer molokheya more fresh tasting. I also throw in a little hot pepper in mine.
quote:Originally posted by 7ayat- nefsi fe molokheya: QUOTE]LOL, actually my names just reflect how i'm feeling at the moment. 7ayat means life. magnouna khales taralaly means very very crazy. and nefsi fe molokheya which i have now means "i'm craving for molokheya." molokheya is an egyptian dish which i adore, and miss terribly [/QB]
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OK, I got a craving for the green thing now. My husband is cooking it tonight. Can't wait. All invited, he is soooooooooooo good at it! Posts: 2238 | From: Mother Earth | Registered: Jun 2004
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quote:Originally posted by Madame Mohamed: The best koshari I've had was from a small koshari place across the street from the pyramids. I love it with extra hot sauce, yummmmmm
quote:Originally posted by minry80: I LOVE Koshari.........yum yum yum. I could eat this stuff everyday. Anybody else love it???
Was that right before being rushed to the hospital for food poisoning?
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i'm glad my name has inspired a discussion over my beloved mololkheya although some very bad people sad very very bad things about it just joking
for people who dont like molokheya try it with sauce, i think it makes it taste better!
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Ok- just for you I will try it again, but I think everyone in my family knows how I feel about it. How can I make it myself?
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quote:Originally posted by minry80: Ok- just for you I will try it again, but I think everyone in my family knows how I feel about it. How can I make it myself?
i can't cook, but i'm sure other members will have a good recipe Posts: 4446 | From: Egyptian in Sydney | Registered: Mar 2005
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