Dinner
Doro Wat
Ethiopia's national dish: chicken stewed in an enormous quantity of onions cooked down without any fat, then built…
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Berbere, spiced butter and injera as plate and cutlery. 11 Ethiopian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 11 recipes cover 3 of the site’s categories, among them 8 dinners, 2 healthy dishes and 1 bake. Of these, one is ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish. For 2, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 7 easy and 4 medium.
As written, 6 are vegetarian, 6 vegan, 10 gluten-free and 5 dairy-free.
Ethiopian recipes — all 11 recipes
Side dish
Atakilt Wat
Ethiopian cabbage, carrot and potato stewed gently with turmeric and ginger until everything is soft and golden —…
Bread
Injera
The sour Ethiopian flatbread that doubles as plate and cutlery. Teff flour and water, fermented for three days until…
Dinner
Shiro Wat
Toasted chickpea flour whisked into a spiced stew that thickens as you stir. On the table in half an hour.
Dinner
Misir Wat
Red lentils cooked down with berbere until they go dark and glossy and the oil separates out. The dry onion start…
Dinner
Beef Tibs
Cubes of beef seared hot in spiced butter with onions, chilli, garlic, ginger and berbere. A fast Ethiopian dish…
Side dish
Atkilt Wat
An Ethiopian stew of cabbage, carrots and potatoes cooked gently with onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric.
Dinner
Kik Alicha
A mild Ethiopian split pea stew cooked with onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric until thick and golden.
Dinner
Kitfo
Ethiopian minced beef gently warmed in spiced clarified butter and mitmita chilli powder, served with fresh cheese…
Side dish
Gomen
Collard greens simmered gently with onion, garlic, ginger and spiced butter until soft and silky, an Ethiopian staple.
Dinner
Zigni
Eritrean beef stew built on slowly cooked onions and berbere spice paste, simmered until thick, dark red and rich.