Egyptian cuisine is as complicated as the social and historical structure of the country. From the simplest rural cuisine, it is influenced by Greek, Lebanese and French cuisine.

There are three main types of restaurants in Egypt: western restaurants with French cuisine as the mainstay; Middle East restaurant with Egyptian cuisine as the main food; A special restaurant featuring Greek food, Chinese food or dishes imitating the Pharaoh's era. Egyptians like to eat beef, mutton, chicken and eggs, but they don't eat pork or pigskin products.

local specialties:

Pita is a kind of hollow bread. As the most important staple food of Egyptians, it is widely found in high-end restaurants and street stalls. Pita is made from corn and wheat, and locals often tear it apart to wrap meat or salad.

roast pigeon (Hamaam): a very popular traditional dish in Egypt. Roasted pigeons are usually filled with green wheat and rice. Pigeons are thin and tasty. They are moderately fat, crisp and delicious, and have a special taste.

mallow soup: an out-and-out local green thick soup, which is made of mallow rich on both sides of the Nile, chicken or mutton, butter and garlic.

Fuul and Ta'amiyya: It can be said to be an informal national dish of Egypt. Fuer is made of broad beans and seasoned with oil, lemon, salt, meat, eggs and onions. Tamiya is a small ball fried with ground chicken beans and spices. It is a delicious snack to sandwich Fuer and Tamiya with a little tomato and Pita bread.

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1. Hamaam: a traditional dish in Cairo, that is, roasted pigeon, which is popular among Egyptians by stuffing wheat, rice, spices and even broken sheep liver into the pigeon, then grilling it with charcoal fire and eating it with meat and bones. There is another cooking method, that is, pigeon meat, onion, tomato, rice and wheat are put in a clay pot to make a stew.

2. Koscheri: It is a special food in Egypt, made of rice and hollow powder. When eating it, you can add a proper amount of seasoning made of vinegar and hot sauce according to your personal taste, and you can also put some fried onions and peas. There are many specialty stores selling Kaushali in the streets of Egypt. The roadside stalls are really authentic, but they are likely to eat bad stomachs and are not recommended.

3. electric roasted mutton: it is a fine dish for Egyptians to entertain their guests. The chef cuts off the mutton cooked on the outer layer one by one with a sharp long knife, puts it on a plate, then puts a small round cake with a cut in another plate, stuffs the mutton into the cake, then puts a proper amount of chopped onions and tomatoes in the cake and sprinkles the seasoning, thus becoming a delicious meat sandwich cake.

4. Crisp and tender whole lamb: It is also a famous food in Egypt. The whole body of the slaughtered lamb is smeared with spices, soaked in spices, stuffed with rice, pine nuts and almonds, and then baked in a big oven for several hours. When cooked, the whole lamb is taken out, and the sheep is allowed to lie down in the center of the big plate. Then the rice and nuts in the belly are taken out and placed around, which is full of fragrance.

5. mallow soup: it is a green thick soup made of mallow which is abundant on both sides of the Nile River in Egypt. The method is to wash and dry the leaves of mallow, then smash them, and cook the soup with mutton, chicken, rice, etc. The cooked mallow soup is thick and green, and it tastes very delicious.

6. pie (Eish): it is the staple food of the Egyptians, with different materials, shapes and sizes. there are two types: round and oval. There are many ways to eat big cakes. You can tear off a piece with sesame seeds and peanut butter by hand, or put meat and vegetables in the cake or eat it directly without anything. The price is very cheap, each weighing about 15 grams, and the price is only RMB 12. Egyptians respect Eish very much, and they are absolutely not allowed to waste it. If it is wasted, it is disrespectful to God.

7.tahian: A kind of seasoning in Egyptian food, which is made from sesame sauce with a little lemon, garlic, salt and pepper. It can be eaten with pie, fish and barbecue. It is delicious and can also be used as an appetizer in thick soup.

8.Fiteer: It is often eaten as breakfast or fast food with a cup of tea. It is a kind of food very similar to pizza. It has two flavors, sweet and salty. The sweet one is raisins, drupes and sugar, and the salty one is cheese, minced meat, olives or eggs.

9. Sugarcane juice: It is the first sweet drink in Egypt, because the local water quality and soil quality in Egypt are very good, and the white sugarcane produced is very delicious. It is specially used to make sucrose, and it is sweet but not greasy when squeezed into drinking juice.

1. Gameldin: The food that must be eaten during Ramadan in Egypt is brewed with water or boiled into juice, and then eaten with honey or sugar. The apricot meat is dried in the air, crushed and pressed into thin slices, and its shape, color and taste are very similar to those of our China Cortex Moutan.

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