Ethiopian cuisine · Berbere, injera and a shared-platter clock: spice 80, a fermented flatbread, no forks required.
The dishes that carry Ethiopian cuisine are the ones a market cook and a home kitchen would both recognise.
Eight signatures below explain the table to a first-time diner and to a grocer stocking the aisle.
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Chicken-berbere stew with boiled egg, the celebration pot.
Doro wat is cooked from Addis Ababa to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Ethiopian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is injera / niter kibbeh / tej beside teff injera.”
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Sourdough teff flatbread, plate and utensil.
Injera is cooked from Addis Ababa to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Ethiopian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is injera / niter kibbeh / tej beside teff injera.”
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Minced raw or warmed beef with spiced butter.
Kitfo is cooked from Addis Ababa to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Ethiopian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is injera / niter kibbeh / tej beside teff injera.”
Artem.G · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sautéed meat, a restaurant and home form.
Tibs is cooked from Addis Ababa to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Ethiopian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is injera / niter kibbeh / tej beside teff injera.”
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Ground-legume stew, the everyday vegetarian bass.
Shiro is cooked from Addis Ababa to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Ethiopian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is injera / niter kibbeh / tej beside teff injera.”
Artem.G · CC BY-SA 4.0
A colourful vegan platter of the fasting calendar.
Beyaynetu is cooked from Addis Ababa to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Ethiopian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is injera / niter kibbeh / tej beside teff injera.”
The feast drink.
Tej is cooked from Addis Ababa to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Ethiopian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is injera / niter kibbeh / tej beside teff injera.”
Hans van der Splinter · CC BY-SA 2.5
The origin coffee service, a social hour.
Buna coffee is cooked from Addis Ababa to diaspora rooms as a reference plate of Ethiopian cuisine.
“The pantry lesson is injera / niter kibbeh / tej beside teff injera.”
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Does Doro wat abroad still count as Ethiopian cuisine when the pantry is rewritten?
Capitals claim Injera; provinces disagree, loudly.
Yogurt, charcoal and a meze clock: kebabs, bread and an Ottoman map from breakfast to baklava.
Overall 68 🧆Lemon, parsley and a mezze clock: hummus, grilled meats and the eastern Mediterranean export table.
Overall 63 🍲Cumin, preserved lemon and a tagine clock: couscous Friday, mint tea and a Maghreb spice box.
Overall 65 🧆Ful, taameya and a Nile bread clock: koshari, molokhia and a cheap, dense street table.
Overall 60 🍚Rice, saffron and a sour-herb clock: stews, chelo and technique 82 without chili as the main story.
Overall 58 🍲Pepper, palm oil and a swallow clock: jollof arguments, suya and streetFood 88.
Overall 66