Koshari – Connie's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 250g green lentils (left over is fine)
• optional: a big handful of chickpeas (tinned ones are fine)
• 250g basmati rice or whole grain rice
• 50g pasta (spaghetti broken into 4 parts)
• 500ml chicken stock or vegetable stock or water
• ½ tsp grated nutmeg
• 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ black pepper
• 1 big onion, halfed and thinly sliced
• 2 Tbsp butter and 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 1-2 hot chillies, deseeded and finely sliced
• 2 tins of tomatoes in pieces or about 1kg fresh ripe tomatoes cut in small pieces (1/2cm cubes)
• 250ml water
• 3 Tbsp. vinegar (cider)
• 2tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp. salt
• 25g coriander leaves