Ethiopia

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Tihlo

ጥሕሎ

A Tigrayan specialty of barley dough balls served with meat stew and spiced with berbere. Small roasted barley balls are skewered on a stick and dipped into the spicy sauce — a beloved northern comfort food.

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Tikil Gomen

ጥቅል ጎመን

A mild, golden Ethiopian cabbage stew — cabbage simmered with carrots and potatoes, gently spiced with turmeric, garlic and ginger. A staple side on any fasting beyaynetu.

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Timatim Salad

ቲማቲም ሰላጣ

A simple, bright Ethiopian tomato salad with onions, jalapeños, lemon juice and olive oil — sometimes tossed with torn injera for a fitfit-style version. The fresh foil to a rich beyaynetu.

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Tosign Shai

ጦስኝ ሻይ

An Ethiopian herbal tea brewed from the leaves of the tosign plant — earthy, soothing and famously taken as a remedy for colds and digestive trouble.

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Yebeg Alicha Wot

የበግ አልጫ ወጥ

A mild Ethiopian lamb stew built on turmeric, ginger, garlic and slow-cooked onions — the alicha cousin of yebeg key wot. Tender, golden and deeply comforting.

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Yebeg Key Wot

የበግ ቀይ ወጥ

A spicy Ethiopian lamb stew simmered for hours in a deeply caramelized berbere-and-onion kulet. A holiday centerpiece and proof that lamb and Ethiopian spice were meant for each other.

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Yemarina Yewotet Dabo

የማሪና የወተት ዳቦ

Literally 'honey and milk bread' — a festive, slightly sweet, enriched loaf made with milk, honey, butter, eggs and warm spices (cardamom, cinnamon, allspice). Traditionally baked for Ethiopian Christmas and special occasions.

🇩🇯Djibouti

Yetakelt W'et

Spiced mixed vegetable stew of green beans, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, berbere and niter kibbeh; served with injera on fasting days.

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Zilzil Tibs

ዝልዝል ጥብስ

Long, thin strips of beef pan-fried in niter kibbeh with onions and jalapeños until just charred at the edges. The strip-cut format gives every bite extra crusty surface area — a tibs lover's tibs.