Our First Injera
April 7, 2008
Last night we went to the park for a send-off party for Tara’s family – they are leaving next week to go get their girls from Ethiopia. Five sets of adoptive (or adoptive-to-be) parents were joined by two Ethiopian families and one of them brought food! (Well we all brought food – but there’s was authentic Ethiopian food.)
So it was our first taste of injera – a spongy, sour flatbread that is used to scoop up meat and vegetable stews. Injera is a HUGE staple of the Ethiopian diet and involves a huge long process to make. I’m not sure what kind of meat/stew they served with it last night. It was good, but spicey. And I’m a wimp when it comes to spicey foods. Hubby loved it. Even Natty ate it up. Noah did not even want to try it.
One of these days I’ll be making injera. There is an awesome set of YouTube videos I found by an adoptive mom that walk you through each step of the process. Check ‘em out.
ahhhh…. I love Ethiopian food. We adopted our daughter 18 months ago, and it was such fun to learn to cook it and to make injera (it is easy once you get the hang of if… but there is a steep learning curve).
There are some really good non-spicy Ethiopian dishes also.
Blessings!
Heidi
It sounds really yummy but I can imagine your mouth was on fire
) You crack me up! You’ll have to let me try it when you make it up.
That Injera is great for a first try (it has “eyes” and looks Yummy!). Also, try Eleni’s Kitchen Kulet – sautéed/simmered sauce (called Kulet in Ethiopia) prepared from onions, berbere (spiced red chili pepper powder), vegetable oil (canola, soybean), garlic, ginger & other spices. This sauce is the base used to prepare gourmet stews (beef, lentils, chicken, etc). Eleni’s Kitchen Kulet (Red Pepper Sauce) is authentically flavored and is made from all natural ingredients.
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I just found your site and my heart about jumped out of my chest. My husband and I are totally being led to adopt. Selfishly, I want twins. I’ve heard that in some African countries twins are considered bad voodoo. Anyway, we have a good friend who is a veterinary missionary in Ethiopia and so a lot of your Ethiopian information (injera) is familiar to me.