- Kushari, is both the street food and Egypt’s national dish, also known to be at least a thousand years old. Now consumed at food carts and restaurants nationwide. Ingredients include macaroni, lentils, and rice along with a tomato sauce, and it’s often topped with chickpeas or fried onions. The national food of Egypt. Even in Dubai, there are restaurants that specialize in and sell only Kushari. The late Anthony Bourdain, always a champion of quirky culinary gems, once shot an episode in Egypt where he enjoyed kushari from one of the most famous restaurants in Cairo.
- Ful medames, is a popular vegan dish throughout the Middle East and the Levant, but it is actually considered Egypt's national dish. Is basically stewed fava beans (or broad beans), typically seasoned with a little ground cumin and finished with good extra virgin olive oil. Egyptians serve with warm pita bread and jazz it up with lemon juice, fresh veggies and herbs.
- Hawawshi, is a popular Egyptian street food, particularly in Cairo and Alexandria (where they call it baladi). It is basically dough (or pita) stuffed with a mixture of ground beef that is seasoned with tantalizing warm spices, onions, garlic, hot peppers and fresh herbs.
- Feteer meshaltet, Layers of pastry dough rolled thinly and packed full with butter or ghee. Egyptian fetter is very popular and enjoyed with honey, molasses or cheese. Feteer meshaltet's history goes back to the ancients Egyptians when it was called Feteer Maltoot and it was given as an offering to the Egyptian Gods these days. As time went by meshaltet became one of the main dishes in the Egyptian cuisine. It is said that during the Mamlouk era - which was known for lots of desserts- feteer spread to Europe and was shaped as a crescent which then became very popular as the well-known croissant.
- Fatteh, A traditional Egyptian dish to celebrate almost any occasion. A center piece of layered toasted pita chips, rice and meat cubes with an amazingly garlicky sauce on top. Fattah is also served at weddings, gatherings, Ramadan and celebrating a new baby. Fatteh is very popular in the Middle East with different names and ingredients like chicken shawarma fatteh or this eggplant fatteh.
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