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Ayib

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Fresh crumbly curd cheese heaped beside stew to cool the berbere heat

Eritrea and Ethiopia Cheese & dairy Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Made from the soured buttermilk left after churning butter, gently warmed and drained; a thrifty by-product of highland household dairying.

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What is Ayib?

Ayib is a cheese & dairy from Eritrea: fresh crumbly curd cheese heaped beside stew to cool the berbere heat. Made from the soured buttermilk left after churning butter, gently warmed and drained; a thrifty by-product of highland household dairying.

Made with

cheesemilk

Cooked

fermented

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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