Ethiopia

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Dinich Alicha

ድንች አልጫ

Potatoes simmered with turmeric, onion, garlic and ginger in Ethiopia's mild alicha style.

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Dirkosh

ድርቆሽ

Sun-dried or oven-crisped pieces of injera — Ethiopia's original 'chip'. Used as the base for many firfir dishes or eaten as a crunchy snack on its own, often with berbere sprinkled on top.

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Doro Tibs

ዶሮ ጥብስ

Chicken pieces fried with onions, peppers and Ethiopian spices rather than simmered as wat.

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Doro Wat

ዶሮ ወጥ

Ethiopia's national dish: chicken legs slow-simmered for hours in a deeply spiced kulet of caramelized onions, berbere and niter kibbeh, served with a hard-boiled egg over injera. The dish that crowns every holiday and special occasion.

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Duba Wat

ዱባ ወጥ

A spicy Ethiopian pumpkin (or squash) stew, simmered in berbere-spiced onions until silky and rich. A vegan favorite for tsom fasting days, with a natural sweetness that balances the heat.

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Dulet

ዱለት

A traditional Ethiopian dish of finely chopped liver, tripe and lean meat, stir-fried with onions, jalapeños, black pepper, cardamom, mitmita, butter and chili. Earthy, deeply savory and beloved by adventurous eaters.

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Elibet

እልብት

An Ethiopian-style 'hummus' — a smooth paste of cooked legumes (often fava beans or chickpeas) blended with chopped onions, jalapeños and warm spices. Served cold during fasting periods. Also written hilbet.

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Enset

እንሰት

The 'false banana' tree — a drought-resistant staple of southern Ethiopia. Its starchy pulp is fermented and pounded into kocho, its inner core cooked as a vegetable. A tree against famine.

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Eritrean Kinche

ቅንጬ

A simple, hearty Ethiopian breakfast of cracked wheat (or barley) cooked in water and finished with niter kibbeh. Filling, wholesome, and the perfect way to start a long day.

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Eritrean Kitcha

Kitcha

Eritrean unleavened thin flatbread made with wheat flour, water, and salt; cooked on a hot griddle; thinner and crispier than injera; the base for kitcha fitfit; eaten alongside stews or with butter and berbere for breakfast.

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Ethiopian Fresh Cheese

አይብ

Ethiopia's fresh, soft cottage cheese — mild, slightly tangy and crumbly. The classic cooling side for spicy dishes and the essential partner to kitfo, where it tempers the heat of mitmita.

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Fasolia Wat

ፋሶሊያ ወጥ

A spicy Ethiopian green-bean stew simmered in a rich berbere-and-onion kulet. A satisfying vegan main course or beyaynetu side, often cooked with carrots and tomatoes.

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Fatira

Layered flatbread stuffed with leeks, onions, tomatoes, green peppers and ground beef, folded into a thick, omelette-like sandwich; a Djibouti street breakfast.

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Firfir

ፍርፍር

A whole family of Ethiopian dishes built on torn or chopped injera tossed with sauces and seasonings. The word literally means 'crumbled' — and it can be made spicy with berbere or mild and savory. A classic breakfast.

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Fossolia

ፎሶሊያ

A fresh Ethiopian green-bean salad, lightly sautéed with onions and carrots and brightened with garlic and lemon. The lighter, vegetable-forward cousin of fasolia wot.

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Ful

ፉል

A warming breakfast of slow-cooked fava beans mashed and seasoned with garlic, onions, jalapeños, tomatoes and niter kibbeh. Topped with ayib and chopped tomato, served with bread for scooping. Borrowed from Egypt and made distinctly Ethiopian.

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Genfo

ገንፎ

A thick Ethiopian porridge of barley flour cooked in water, mounded onto a plate with a deep well in the middle filled with melted niter kibbeh and berbere. You scoop bites of porridge into the buttery, spicy center.

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Gesho

ጌሾ

A buckthorn shrub whose stems and leaves are used to ferment and bitter Ethiopian tej (honey wine) and tella (beer). Gesho plays the role hops play in beer — without it, there'd be no Ethiopian fermented drinks.

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Gomen

ጎመን

Ethiopia's beloved collard greens, slow-cooked with onions, garlic, ginger and jalapeños until tender and savory. A staple side that anchors almost every beyaynetu platter.

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Gomen Besiga

ጎመን በሥጋ

Hearty gomen with tender pieces of beef simmered into the greens — a richer, meatier version that's a holiday and weekend favorite. The classic pairing of collards and beef in one pot.

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Gomen Kitfo

ጎመን ክትፎ

Finely chopped collard greens seasoned with spiced butter in a meat-free Ethiopian kitfo-style preparation.

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Gored Gored

ጎረድ ጎረድ

Cubed raw beef served as-is, with mitmita, awaze and niter kibbeh on the side for dipping. The bolder, chunkier cousin of kitfo — celebrating Ethiopia's centuries-old butchery culture.

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Gubet Tibs

ጉበት ጥብስ

Tender pieces of liver pan-fried in niter kibbeh with onions, jalapeños and warm spices. Quick to cook, deeply nourishing, and a favorite for those who love offal.

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Himbasha

ህምባሻ

A lightly sweetened Ethiopian celebration bread, often flavored with cardamom and raisins. Smaller and softer than dabo, it's sliced and served at weddings, holidays and coffee ceremonies.

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Ingudai Tibs

እንጉዳይ ጥብስ

Sautéed mushrooms cooked in niter kibbeh with onions, jalapeños, rosemary and warm spices — the vegetarian 'tibs' so good even meat lovers ask for seconds. A modern darling of Ethiopian fasting cuisine.

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Injera

እንጀራ

Ethiopia's iconic sourdough flatbread, made from a fermented batter of teff flour and water, cooked into a large spongy round covered in tiny 'eyes'. It serves as both plate and utensil for nearly every Ethiopian meal.

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Kategna

ቃተኛ

A simple Ethiopian appetizer of lightly toasted injera brushed with niter kibbeh and dusted with berbere. Crispy, spicy, buttery — it's the Ethiopian version of garlic bread.

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Katikala

ካቲካላ

A clear, potent Ethiopian distilled liquor traditionally made in homes and villages. Closely related to areqe — by some accounts the same drink, by others a stronger, plainer cousin.

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Keribo

ቀሪቦ

A lightly sweet Ethiopian beverage of fermented barley flour and sugar. Cooling, refreshing and non-alcoholic — a popular drink during Ethiopian holidays and gatherings.

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Key Sir

ቀይ ሥር

Literally 'red root' — Ethiopia's beautifully magenta beet-and-potato salad, lightly seasoned and bright with vinegar and lemon. A jewel-toned addition to any beyaynetu.

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Kik Alicha

ክክ አልጫ

A mild yellow split-pea stew, fragrant with turmeric, garlic and ginger. One of the most popular dishes on a fasting beyaynetu platter and a beloved comfort food across Ethiopia.

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Kikil

ቅቅል

A simple, satisfying Ethiopian dish of boiled meat (often lamb or beef shanks) served in its own clear, flavorful broth with onions, garlic and ginger. Comfort food at its purest.

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Kita

ቂጣ

A round unleavened Ethiopian flatbread sometimes called 'Ethiopian pizza' for its size and shape. Cooks quickly on a mitad and forms the base of chechebsa.

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Kitfo

ክትፎ

Ethiopia's celebrated raw beef dish from the Gurage people: finely hand-minced lean beef seasoned with warm niter kibbeh, mitmita and cardamom. Order it tere (raw), lebleb (lightly warmed) or yebesele (fully cooked), paired with ayib and gomen.

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Kochkocha

ቆጭቆጫ

A bright, herbaceous Ethiopian green sauce of finely chopped jalapeños, onions, garlic, ginger and warm spices. The cooling, fresh counterpoint to spicy awaze.

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Kocho

ቆጮ

A dense, slightly tangy bread made from fermented enset pulp. The defining staple of Gurage and other southern Ethiopian cultures, often served with kitfo or ayib. A unique food born from the 'false banana' tree.