Our Favorite Winter Dish is Michael Mina’s Egyptian Koshary
Every time Michael Mina visits his parents inWashington State, he knows he’ll be greeted with a heaping plate of koshary.
“It’s like the ultimate comfort food and it’s something I grew up on,” says Mina, the Egyptian-born chef and owner of the Mina Group, which encompasses more than 40 restaurants across the U.S. His latest establishment is Wit & Wisdom that opened in Sonoma in September.
Koshary, Egypt’s national dish, is a combination of rice, lentils, sautéed onions and tomatoes. And like many comfort foods, you’re likely to find a slightly different version of it from household to household—some include pasta, additional vegetables or meat. The recipe Mina’s mother makes calls for chickpeas.