Lentil Rice with Eggs

There is a popular theory that koshari arrived in Egypt with the British Army during the colonial period. Yet documented references to the dish predate that era. Food writer Anny Gaul notes that pilgrims and sailors around the Red Sea often ate koshari which later became common among Suez Canal workers. Even earlier, Arab traveller Ibn Battuta mentions eating koshari during his travels to India. By the early 20th century, Egypt made the d