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Ethiopian cuisine (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ "Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā məgəb") characteristically consists of vegetable and often very spicy meat dishes. This is usually in the form of wat, a thick stew, served on top of injera (Amharic: እንጀራ), a large sourdough flatbread, [1] which is about 50 centimeters (20 inches) in diameter and made out of fermented teff flour. [1]
Enset – a root crop, particularly important to the south of Ethiopia [2] [3] Teff – a grain widely cultivated and used in Eritrea and Ethiopia, where it is used to make injera or tayta. Teff accounts for about a quarter of total cereal production in Ethiopia. [4] Gesho – leaves and stem used to flavour tej (mead) and tella (beer)
The culture of Ethiopia is diverse and generally structured along ethnolinguistic lines. The country's Afro-Asiatic -speaking majority adhere to an amalgamation of traditions that were developed independently and through interaction with neighboring and far away civilizations, including other parts of Northeast Africa , the Arabian Peninsula ...
Typical Oromo cuisine: Biddena (pancake-like bread) and several kinds of sauce, stew (slow cooked beef, lamb, goat, chicken) and on top of entrees. A Foon Akaawwii: Foon Akaawwii looks like this at a restaurant in Addis Ababa. Foon Akaawwii – Minced roasted meat; specially seasoned. Waaddii – Outdoor grilled meat on heat bead or wood fire.
Injera is thus simultaneously a food, eating utensil, and plate. When the entire "tablecloth" of injera is gone, the meal is over. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, injera is eaten daily in virtually every household. Outside of Ethiopia and Eritrea, injera may be found in grocery stores and restaurants specializing in Ethiopian and Eritrean cooking.
According to writer and food scholar Dr. Scott Alves Barton, “Yams are considered to be the most common African staple aboard Middle Passage ships; some estimates say 100,000 yams fed 500 ...
Culture in Addis Ababa ... Ethiopian clothing (7 P) Ethiopian cuisine (4 C ... Events in Ethiopia (4 C, 1 P) F. Ethiopian fashion (1 C, 1 P) Food and drink in ...
Pages in category "Culture in Addis Ababa" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... National Museum of Ethiopia; O. Orchestra Ethiopia; R