If you live in a sizable city, chances are you’ve tried Ethiopian food. Even the long-running cartoon sitcom The Simpsons includes an episode where Marge and the kids learn to “rip and dip” into the rich stews you’ll find on an Ethiopian table. The cuisine is one of the world’s healthiest and most flavorful, not to mention most photogenic. Ethiopians are rightly proud of their culture and take pains to preserve traditional foodways.
Ethiopian food is distinctive and delicious, befitting a remarkable country with a cultural heritage that stands out from the rest of Africa.Eating Ethiopian-style means rethinking many assumptions you might have about dinnertime. Has a meal ever made such an impact that it’s become forever seared into your memory? The colors, the presentation, the way the bread felt on your fingertips. It made such an impression that you still think about it twenty, even thirty years later.
It’s a sourdough flatbread unlike any other sourdough.
It starts out looking like a crepe but then develops a unique
porous and slightly spongy texture.
The thin batter is poured onto the cooking surface, traditionally a clay plate over
a fire though now more commonly a specialized electric injera stove,
and the bottom remains smooth while the top
develops lots of pores
which makes it ideal for scooping up stews and sauces.
Doro Wat is a flavor-packed Ethiopian stew with tender cooked chicken in a fiery Berbere
spiced sauce topped with boiled
eggs.
Traditionally slow-cooked for hours, this Instant Pot recipe delivers authentic taste
in a fraction of time. So go
ahead and create the flavors
of your favorite Ethiopian restaurant dish at home!