Tasty 1$ Street Snacks You Must Try in Cairo

This post is about snacks in Cairo, not much traveling. However, food and traveling go hand in hand for me, can't have one without enjoying the other.

I think the best snacks aren’t in stores and restaurants – they’re in the streets, by the Nile River. As you walk by the Nile banks, you'll pass by many street vendors. Those are the best budget snacks you can get from wooden street carts without breaking your pocket.

All of the following items cost around 1$ or about 6-7 Egyptian pounds, per serving. Again, street vendors will double the price for tourists, but you should insist not to pay more than 1$ and that is more than a fair price.

1- grilled sweet potato: it has a beautiful taste and the way it is made even better? A man pushes the wooden cart, and on the top of it there is an old oven. They put the sweet potato inside and leave it to be done slowly.

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2- termes or lupins: it’s very easy to get by the Nile river, especially in summer time. It’s one of my favorite snacks. It’s better than popcorn, especially with salt and lemon flavor.

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3- grilled corn: street venders use a small fire to grill the corn on. It has a beautiful smell and the taste is even better.

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4- hummus el-sham drink: it is a spicy drink, made of chickpeas. On winter nights young lovers walk by the Nile river and drink it. The recipe is in my book, Fast and Easy Egyptian Recipes.

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5- sunflower and watermelon seeds: the seeds are dried, then salted then put it in special type of oven to be hard on the outside and soft and tasty on the inside. Peel the outside and eat the inside.

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6- Semid, an Egyptian pretzel: OMG, love them and miss eating them. Usually it's sold with a tiny bag of spices to enhance the taste. 

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Enjoy your visit to Egypt!