Ethiopia
Ask what Ethiopia eats and the answer starts with this: spongy injera topped with fiery berbere stews, spiced butter, legumes and raw beef; home of coffee culture. Look for Injera (spongy sour teff flatbread; base and utensil for nearly every meal), Doro wat (chicken slow-stewed in berbere and spiced butter with hard-boiled eggs) and Kitfo (minced raw beef warmed with mitmita chili and clarified butter). Teff was domesticated in the Ethiopian highlands thousands of years ago; the batter ferments two to three days with ersho starter before hitting a clay mitad. This atlas has 50 Ethiopia dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.
50 dishes.
KoloRoasted barley, chickpeas and safflower seeds nibbled with coffee
KurtRaw beef cut to order at the table, dipped in mitmita and awaze
Metata ayibFresh curd cheese packed with spices and matured in a sealed clay pot
Misir watred lentils simmered in berbere; staple of fasting platters
MitmitaOrange-red powder of bird's eye chili, korarima and clove, hotter than berbere
Niter kibbehSpiced clarified butter perfumed with korarima and besobela, the base of most wat
SambusaDeep-fried triangle of pastry stuffed with spiced beef or beans
ShametaThick fermented porridge of barley or maize enriched with butter and milk
Shiro watsilky spiced chickpea-flour stew, everyday and fasting favorite
Tejgolden honey wine fermented with gesho leaves
TelbaRoasted flaxseed ground and whisked with water into a thick nutty drink
Tellahomebrewed dark beer of roasted barley and gesho
Tibsbeef or lamb sautéed with onion, rosemary and chili
Tikil gomenturmeric-braised cabbage, carrots and potatoes-
Kurt
Raw beef cut to order at the table, dipped in mitmita and awaze. A main recipe from Ethiopia.
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Ambasha
Lightly sweet decorated celebration bread flavoured with cardamom. Ready in 25 min prep and 35 min cooking. 1 large loaf.…
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Ambo water
Naturally sparkling mineral water from Ambo, drunk with meals. Ready in none prep and none cooking. One bottle. A drink…
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Arera
Tart skimmed buttermilk left after churning, drunk cold or curdled into ayib. 20 min to prepare. Makes about 1.5 litres.…
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Asa tibs
Cubed lake fish fried with onion, chili and rosemary. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. Serves 4.…
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Ayib be gomen
Collard greens simmered soft and folded through fresh curd cheese. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking. Serves…
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Ayib
Fresh crumbly curd cheese heaped beside stew to cool the berbere heat. Ready in 15 min prep and 20 min…
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Awaze
Berbere loosened with tej or wine into a dark dipping paste for grilled meat. Ready in 10 minutes prep and…
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Azifa
Cold green-lentil salad with mustard, onion and chili. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 40 minutes cooking. Serves 6. A…