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I really like kushari. The restaurants often have rice pudding available for those needing a second course. Once, near the main market area of Cairo, I went to a small kushari restaurant whose proprietor claimed his grandfather invented the dish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.67.66 (talk • contribs)

As the creator of the page, I should point out I am not an expert, so please correct my mistakes and improve the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.67.66 (talk • contribs)

I think the other article should be delete. 82.129.206.154 19:02, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
After eating quite a bit of kushari this summer in Cairo, I added a bit here. I'm not quite comfortable with the word "traditional" because I doubt that kushari goes back more than a couple of hundred years, but I chould be wrong about that. It didn't seem that people were eating it in places that claimed to be traditional, but that might just be because it was seen as a low-class food. Speaking of which, was I too heavy handed referring to it as fast food? There did seem to be quite a lot of kushari taken away. Also, please sign your comments. --Zachbe 18:07, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
I assume the reference to "fasts" really implies breaking fast, rather than fast itself. Perhaps, then, a better link would be Iftar - the Arabic name for the breakfast eaten at sunset during the holy month of Ramadan. In any case, I wouldn't say that Kosheri being eaten at Iftar is more significant than it being eaten for dinner - it's really no more common than any other food eaten at this time. It just depends where you are and how much money you have. Madeinsane 18:38, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
You're getting the wrong end of the stick, Zachbe meant 'fast' as in 'served quickly' rather than 'fast' as in 'go without food'. FlagSteward 01:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Khichdi

Just curious - Is kushari related at all to the South Asian dish khichdi (kedgeree in Britain)? --SameerKhan 21:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Given that one of the other names for khichdi is khichari, and the close contacts between India and Arabia, it's bound to have a common ancestry. In fact the 'simple' forms of kushari mentioned elsewhere in the Middle East must represent the 'ancestral' form, just rice and beans, a classic 'simple' diet that gives you most of the nutrients you need to survive. You see the same mix throughout the former slave areas of the Caribbean. The Egyptian take on kushari must represent an evolution of that staple diet, but whether that elaboration happened in Pharaonic times or relatively recently, I don't know. I've tried to make a few more links to other rice and beans dishes in the article. FlagSteward 01:23, 1 October 2007 (UTC)