The most popular Egyptian dishes
The top 3 according to 21 votes from people: Koshari · Ful medames · Molokhia. (Updated Aug 9, 2026.)
The best-loved dishes of Egyptian cuisine, from koshari to molokhia, as listed in CNN Arabic's guide, Wikipedia and lists of popular Egyptian food.
Automatically translated (original in العربية). See the original
Top 12
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1
Koshari
Rice, pasta and black lentils with fried onions, tomato sauce, garlic vinegar and chilli; the cheapest and most famous national dish.
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2
Ful medames
Slow-cooked fava beans of Pharaonic origin, served with oil, lemon and cumin with baladi bread.
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3
Molokhia
Chopped jute mallow leaves cooked in chicken or rabbit broth with fried garlic and coriander.
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4
Mahshi
Vine leaves, cabbage, courgettes and aubergines stuffed with rice and herbs.
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5
Mesaka'a
Fried aubergine with tomato sauce and peppers, sometimes with minced meat.
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6
Stuffed pigeon
Pigeon stuffed with freekeh or rice and roasted, a feast dish.
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7
Alexandrian liver
Sliced liver fried with hot peppers and garlic, in sandwiches.
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8
Fattah
Toasted bread, rice and meat with garlic-vinegar sauce, the Eid al-Adha dish.
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9
Hawawshi
Baladi bread stuffed with spiced minced meat and baked.
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10
Feseekh
Salted fermented mullet eaten at Sham el-Nessim.
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11
Om Ali
Baked pastry pudding with milk and nuts.
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12
Insight
A popular Egyptian dish made of crushed fava beans, dried molokhiya, and herbs, served with fried onions.
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13
Pasta with bechamel
Oven baked pasta with minced meat and béchamel sauce, one of the most famous Azomat dishes in Egypt.
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14
Ta'ameya
Fried patties of crushed fava beans and herbs, falafel the Egyptian way.
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Comments (9)
الفول والطعمية فطار كل يوم، ما فيش أحلى من كده
والمكرونة بالبشاميل كمان! موجودة في كل عزومة
الملوخية بالأرانب ولا بالفراخ؟ 😄
بالأرانب طبعًا!
الفسيخ في شم النسيم بس، والحذر واجب 😅
فين البصارة؟ أكلة شعبية جدًا ولازم تكون في القائمة
Best koshary I ever had was at Abou Tarek in Cairo. Unforgettable.
الكشري في المركز الأول طبعًا، أكلة كل المصريين.
المحشي بتاع أمي ما يتعلاش عليه