Egyptian cuisine
makes great use of vegetables and fruits, legumes, since Egypt’s rich
Nile valley and delta
produces large quantities of these crops in high quality.
Egyptian cuisine is popularised by dishes such as Ful Medames, Koshari, mashed
fava beans, a mixture of lentils, rice, pasta, and
other ingredients. Molokheyya, chopped
and cooked bush okra with garlic and coriander sauce; and Fetir Meshaltet. Egyptian cuisine
shares similarities with foods of the Eastern Mediterranean region, such as
rice-stuffed vegetables, grape leaves, Shawarma, Kebab, Falafel,
Baba Ghannoug, and baklava.