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Ethiopian famous recipe : DORO WOT (spicy dish)

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:47:59 +0000

All you need :

Chicken (can we replaced with beef, lamb or vegetables)
4 onions
Butter
Berbere (mixture of paprika, chili, peper, garlic, salt ginger…)
2 boiled eggs
Salt
Oil
Garlic
Chicken stock

Preparation :

Put chopped onions in a casserole and slowly cook, with oil, add the amount of butter (kibeh) you wish and let the onions cook until they turn golden brown. Add the berbere according to your tolerance of spicy dishes, and chopped garlic, leave it for about 45 minutes with the stock. Finally had the chicken and let it cook for another 40 minutes. Add the boiled eggs and the stew is ready.

The doro wot is eaten with « injera » , which is made out of « teff » grains. Injera is used like a bread in Ethiopian cuisine. The stew can also be served with rice or bread.

Haile Gebre Selassie

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:47:53 +0000

Haile is running athlete, with Olympic gold medals and 27 world records. He runs long-distance and road marathon. He was born in Asella, he would run 10 kilometres every day to get to school from his family’s farm.

Ethiopia is the nation of the most notable running athletes : Abebe Bekila, Derartu Tulu, Kenenissa, Dibaba, Meseret Defar… You will see every mornings at Mesquel Square in Addis Abeba young athletes running or around Entoto over the capital.

The athletes have acces to world-class training facilities to succed, the altitude is one of the secret, the runners are from high altitudes region : Assela and Bekoji. The train in such places to lower their need in oxygen. But the runners train hard and it’s part of the Ethiopian culture.

Injera

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:08:52 +0000

Traditional slightly sour flat bread or crêpe made out of « teff » . Teff is grown all over Ethiopia, and is exported all over the world, it is famous for being an iron rich flour. Injera can be red, dark or white according to the content of teff.

Teff flour is mixed with water and left to ferment for several days, which will give that sour taste. The injera is baked on a large clay plate on fire or electric “mittad”, the liquid is poured on the stove in a circle like crêpe. Porous will appear on the top and will reveal the smooth texture.

Injera is the principe dish in Ethiopia, it is used with differents stews, vegetables… It is eaten with the right hand and rolled over the different dishes. Injera is food, but also used as a fork and and plate, the stews are served over injera.
When offered a “gursha” (traditional hand feeding) you may not refuse it, it is a sign of friendship .

Lip plated women

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:30:59 +0000

The famous « lip plat » women are found in the Suri culture (Mursi and Surma), women wear very large pottery plates in their lower lips (removing the lower teeth aswell and cutting a part of their lower lip) . It’s a sign of great beauty, the bigger the plate the better looking is the woman, it is also worn by unmarried young ladies. It can sometimes be a sign of wealth, the size of the plate is based on the number of cattle given for the bride’s price. You will also see smaller or larger pottery plates used as earings by both men and women, at a very young age aswell.

The plates are made out of wood, sugar cane for the ears or in clay. Every women craft their own plate and design them.

Mursi ethnic group

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:13:00 +0000

The Mursi is a pastoralist ethnic group located in the south of Ethiopia in the Omo region near the Sudanese border and Mago river. The group is about 7 500 people. They speak mursi language.

Mursi women are famous for their lip plated and scarification by slicing their skin with a razor blade after lifting it with a thorn (men perfom the scarification too). It’s a way of preparing the person to violence in life, in a hostile environment.