Egyptian cuisine
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Egyptian cuisine makes heavy use of poultry, legumes, vegetables and fruit from Egypt's rich Nile Valley and Delta. Examples of Egyptian dishes include rice-stuffed vegetables and grape leaves, hummus
Molokhiya, a popular dish made from jute leaves, served with rice and chicken. Jute leaves were consumed in ancient Egypt, and a recipe for the dish appears in the 14th-century Egyptian cookbook Kanz al-Fawa’id.
A mural in the tomb of Menna in Luxor, depicting various culinary offerings
Illustration from 1830 of a feast in Egypt, with food served outdoors, accompanied by musicians and female performers.
A traditional Cairo coffeehouse in 1935
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Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the
Egyptian cuisine
…Egyptian cuisine makes heavy use of poultry, legumes, vegetables and fruit from Egypt's rich Nile Valley and Delta. Examples of Egyptian dishes include rice-stuffed vegetables and grape leaves, hummus, falafel, shawarma, kebab and kofta…
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