Ethiopia
5 topics — topics in this category.
Doro Wat
Ethiopia's celebratory chicken stew: a deep-red berbere sauce, slow-simmered with onion, egg and niter kibbeh, eaten with injera. Ingredients: chicken, berbere spice, onion, niter kibbeh (spiced butter), garlic, ginger,…
Tibs
Sizzling cubes of beef or lamb fried with onion, peppers and rosemary, served straight from the pan. Ingredients: beef or lamb, onion, green pepper, tomato, rosemary, garlic, berbere or mitmita, niter kibbeh, oil, salt.…
Misir Wat
A humble, fiery red-lentil stew — the vegan staple of Ethiopia's fasting table, rich with berbere and garlic. Ingredients: red lentils, onion, garlic, ginger, berbere, niter kibbeh or oil, tomato paste, salt, injera. Rec…
Injera
The teff flatbread that is plate, utensil and dish at once: a spongy, tangy crepe fermented for days, spread under every wat in Ethiopia. Ingredients: teff flour (ivory or brown), water, salt — nothing else. Recipe: 1) W…
Shiro Wat
Ethiopia's golden chickpea stew: shiro flour whisked into a berbere- and mitmita-spiced onion base until it bubbles like lava — the fasting-day hero. Ingredients: shiro (seasoned chickpea flour), onions, garlic, berbere…
World Cuisines
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