Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa

Injera & Flatbeards

• Traditional Injera
• One-day Injera
• Thin Flat Oat Cakes (Aja kita)
• Wholemeal Bread Baked in Banana Leaves (Defo dabo)
• Round Flatbread (Ambasha)
• Spicy Shepherds’ Bread (Tresho)
• Shiro Sliders with Fresh Sausage

Seasonings

• Berbere Spice Blend
• Berbere Deleh Paste
• Mekelesha Spice Blend
• Awaze Dipping Sauce
• Mitmita Spice Blend
• Spiced Clarified Butter (Niter kebbeh)
• Homemade Ethiopian Brown Mustard (Senafich)
• Fresh Chilli Dipping Sauce (Daata)

Breakfast

• Barley Porridge with Niter Kebbeh and Served with Yogurt (Genfo)
• Layered Flatbread Pastries with Honey (Fetira)
• Flatbread Pastries Stuffed with Egg (Fetira be enkulal)
• Breakfast Broad Beans (Ful)
• Butter Soaked Flat-Bread (Chechebsa)
• Torn Injera with Flaxseed Dressing (Telba fitfit)
• Simple Fasting Bulgur (Kinche)
• Whole Dried Peas with Cut Injera (Ater wat fitfit)
• Spicy Tomato Stew (Sils)
• Flaxseed and Banana Purée (Yenate telba kurs)

Vegetables & Fresh Cheese

• Braised Beetroot Batons with Jalapeño Peppers (Key sir)
• Homemade Fresh Cheese (Ayib)
• Potatoes and Cabbage in Ginger Turmeric Sauce (Atakilt)
• Collard Greens with Onions and Fresh Ginger (Gomen)
• Collard Greens with Spiced Butter and Mitmita (Gomen kitfo)
• Vegetable Salad
• Whole Grain Teff Salad
• Potatoes and Carrots in an Onion Turmeric Sauce (Dinich alicha)
• Sautéed String Beans and Carrots (Foselia)
• Tomato Salad (Timatim kurt)
• Spicy Pumpkin Stew (Duba wat)
• Stuffed Hot Green Peppers (Senig)
• Shiro Salad

Pulses & Grains

• Yellow Split Peas in a Mild Ginger and Onion Sauce (Ater kik alicha)
• Smooth Shiro (Mitten shiro)
• Lenten Lentil Salad with Mustard (Azifa)
• Lentil Soup with Spicy Dried Beef and Crispy Leeks
• Kidney Bean and Okra Stew with Corn Flour Patties (Kupe)
• Spicy Chickpea Flour Stew (Shiro wat)
• Chickepas with Spicy Flaxseed Paste (Shimbra wat)
• Spicy Red Lentils (Misr wat)
• Ethiopian Gnocchi
• Moringa Teff Lasagne
• Teff Tagliatelle with Sprouted Fenugreek and Carrots

Beef, Lamb & Goat

• Ground Prime Beef in Spicy Fenugreek Sauce (Minchet abish)
• Collard Greens with Beef Stew (Gomen be sega)
• Cubed Sirloin with Onions and Jalapeño Peppers (Shekla tibs)
• Sizzling Beef Strips with Awaze Chilli Sauce (Zilzil tibs)
• Fried Beef with Onions (Siga tibs)
• Spicy Beef and Fenugreek Stew with Potatoes (Abish wat)
• Dried Beef Stew with Onions, Peppers, Spcies and Dried Injera (Dirkosh quanta firfir)
• Spicy Beef Stew with Barley Dough (Tihelo)
• Buttery Spiced Raw Tenderloin (Gored-gored)
• Beef Tripe and Tongue (Melas sember)
• Steak Tartar with Spiced Clarified Butter (Kitfo)
• Raw Beef with Four Dipping Sauces (Kurt)
• Tenderloin with Coffee Sauce
• Three Meat Lamb Mince (Dulet)
• Spicy Lamb Stew (Beg siga wat)
• Tender Lamb Cubes Simmered in Mild Turmeric and Onion Sauce (Beg siga alicha)
• Goat in Mild Turmeric Stew with Carrots (Fayal kikil)
• Cabbage Rolls with Lamb Tongue
• Festive Dipped Leg of Lamb (Beg enfele)
• Smoked Milk or Water
• Creamy Scalloped Potatoes with Smoked Milk
• Afar Roasted Leg of Kid Goat with Yellow Rice (Bekel tibs)
• Lamb-Stuffed Vegetables

Poultry, Eggs & Fish

• Slow-Cooked Spicy Chicken with Hard-Boiled Eggs (Doro wat)
• Chicken in Tej Sauce with Oranges
• Chicken Simmered in a Mild Onion and Turmeric Sauce (Doro alicha)
• Buttermilk-Marinated Chicken with Grilled Vegetables
• Nigella-Glazed Roast Chicken and Black and White Sesame Seeds
• Creamy Chicken and Sweet Potatoes with Stuffed Green Chillies
• Eggs Scrambled with Onions and Ground Beef (Ye habesha enqulal firfir)
• Spicy Fish and Onion Stew (Asa wat)
• Blue Cloud Nile Perch
• Fish Goulash (Asa goulash)
• Doctor Marsamo’s Fish Soup (Asa shorba)
• Southern Braised Fish in a Light Garlic Ginger Sauce (Asa lebleb)
• Grilled Nile Perch on a Bed of Creamy Nettles

Snacks & Drinks

• Kategna
• Spicy Injera Snack (Chuba mera)
• Helemur
• Kolo
• Rich Barley Flour Squares (Chicko)
• Cascara Coffee Husk Infusion (Ashara)
• Green Coffee Beans Cooked in Butter (Buna kela)
• Abesh Wuha
• Layered Fruit Juice (Spris)
• Date and Orange Marmalade
• Habesha Spicy Puff Pastry with Fresh Whipped Cream and Mulberries
• Lacy Ethiopian Tuiles with Toasted Barley