Dinner
Bamia Masreya
The Egyptian okra stew: smaller pods than the Levantine version, more tomato, and finished with a hit of fried…
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Egyptian dinner recipes
16 Egyptian dinner recipes, in a suggested order.
These are the 16 Egyptian recipes filed under dinner: 16 of the 2,108 dinners on the site, and 16 of its 47 Egyptian recipes. Of these, one is ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish. For 5, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 8 easy, 6 medium and 2 hard.
As written, 2 are vegetarian, 2 vegan, 4 gluten-free and 8 dairy-free. Another 3 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Egyptian main dishes
Dinner
Fatta
Layers of crisp toasted pitta and rice topped with tender lamb, a garlicky tomato sauce and a splash of vinegar…
Dinner
Fattah
Layers of fried bread, rice and slow-cooked lamb under a sharp garlic and vinegar tomato sauce. The dish of Eid and…
Dinner
Ferakh Mashwi
Chicken spatchcocked and grilled under a cumin, garlic and lemon paste until the skin blackens in patches. The…
Dinner
Goulash Masri
Filo layered over spiced mince and baked in a tray, cut into squares. Nothing to do with Hungarian goulash — the…
Dinner
Hamam Mahshi
Pigeon stuffed with freekeh and roasted, the most special-occasion dish in the Egyptian repertoire. Small birds…
Dinner
Hawawshi
Flatbread stuffed with spiced minced beef and baked hard until the bread crisps and the fat soaks into it…
Dinner
Kofta Masreya
Minced beef and lamb on skewers with onion, parsley and a lot of black pepper, grilled hard over coals or under a…
Dinner
Macarona Bechamel
Penne bound in béchamel over a layer of spiced mince, baked until the top sets into a sliceable crust. Egypt by way…
Dinner
Mombar
Sausage casings filled with spiced rice and mince, boiled and then fried until they blister. Fiddly, cheap, and one…
Dinner
Sayadeya Masreya
The Egyptian fisherman’s rice: fish fried rather than poached, rice cooked in the frying oil and stock, and the…
Side dishes 1
Filed under Dinner but not a main dish on its own: side dish. Filter these.
Not yet sorted 4
Whether these are a main course, a side or a starter depends on how they are served, and nobody has settled it yet. They are listed here rather than counted as complete meals.
- Mahshi Cromb 2.5 hr
- Molokhia 85 min
- Roz Mermah 35 min
- Torly 95 min