AFRICA

Morocco

Traditions and Events

• Aid Al Adha.• Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha.• (HIJRI).

Traditional food and Drinks

•Moroccan Couscous• Briouat and Tea• Lentil soup• Cuisine

Moroccan couscous

• History • Tradition • Ingredients

Lentil soup

• History • Tradition • Ingredients

CUISINE

Kushari, one of Egypt's national dishes.

•Vegetarian Diets•Fish and Seafood•Lots of garlic and onions•Bread•Tea is the national drink•Turkish coffee

Briouat

• History • Tradition • Ingredients

•Capital: Cairo•Language: Arabic•Currency: Egyptian Pound•Population: 87,500,000

EGYPT

Typical Dishes of Egypt

EGYPT

KUSHARI EGYPTIAN NATIONAL DISH

INGREDIENTS •Pasta and tomato sauce• rice•Lentils•Caramelized onions•Garlic and chickpeas.

History•Kushari’s origins are not Egyptian at all.•This dish brought in by the British army in Egypt in the 19th century.

FATTAINGREDIENTS• Layers of rice• Fried bread• Covered in a garlic and

vinegar meat soup• Chunks of stewed beef

and deep-fried poached eggs

FESTIVITIES AND TRADICIONS

• Fatta is prepared for festivities such as a woman’s first birth.

• Both Christian and Muslim holiday celebrations.

• 50 days before Easter for Coptic Christians, or the month of Ramadan before Eid-Al-Futr

MULUKHIYAINGREDIENTS• This dish is made from the

leaves of jute and corchorus plants.

PREPARED• Chopping the leaves with

garlic and coriander and cooking it in an animal stock (chiken, beef or rabbit).

HISTORY AND TRADICIONS

• Tenth century, the dish was banned by the Fatimid Caliph (emperi), Al Hakim Bi-Amr Allah.

• Religious sects such as the Druze still refuse to eat the dish in respect for the late Caliph.

Fatimid Caliph (Emperi)

FESEEKH TRADITIONAL EGYPTIAN DISHPREPARED•Drying the fish in the sun then salting it.•It is usually stored in thick glass jars that are firmly closed

FESTIVITIES.-The Sham-El-Nessim festival