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A Guide To Ethiopian Cuisine
በዚህ አምድ በውጭ የሚኖሩ ልጆቻችን እና የውጭ አገር ዜጎች ስለኢትዮጵያ ባህል እና ታሪክ ግንዛቤ
እንዲኖራቸው፤ በእንግሊዘኛ የተዘጋጁ ስራዎችን በየወሩ እናቀርባለን።
Ethiopia is a country full of contrast and culture, Injeraa
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known for their diverse, exquisite and unique
The country’s national dish, injera, is a crepe-like flat-
cuisine, consisting of flavoursome stews and bread that is made from fermented teff, a nutritious
plenty of spices. More than 180 days of the year grain that contains almost no gluten. Injera tends to be
are fasting days, which means on Wednesdays, served with the majority of meals, with its tangy and
Fridays and Orthodox Lent, you sour taste it works ex-
aren’t allowed to consume meat, ceptionally well with
making Ethiopia the perfect place wat, it’s common to
for vegetarians and vegans. find it replacing cut-
lery and is instead
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flavoursome stews!
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The Basics
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When it comes to the basics of
Ethiopian cuisine, all dishes usu-
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ally consist of meat and vegetables,
The most common
unless on a fasting day where the main dish you’ll find
main ingredient will be vegetables. in Ethiopia is wat, a
rich stew, which can
Flavoured with two main powdered spices and
consist of any type of meat or vegetable your heart de-
seasonings; the first being berbere, which is a
sires! All variations are vibrantly coloured, flavour-
blend of ground chilli pepper, ginger, garlic, nut- some and consist of onions and berbere as a base. The
meg, cardamom, cloves, most common dish would be the doro wat, also known
as chicken stew, consisting of onions, spices and
cumin and coriander, and
chicken, slow cooked for hours to allow the blend of
the second being mitmita,
flavours to combine, the dish takes a while to make and
a spice even hotter than is often hard to find in Ethiopian restaurants but our
the first, conventionally specialised guide will be able to point you in the right
direction if it is something you wish to try!
made from cardamom

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Dulet
We will introduce you Dulet on next issue
chilli peppers.

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