Eritrean Mat Injera
It is cooked only on one side.
Eritrean mat injera. Africa is known as the cradle of the human race and eritrea is the symbol of human perseverance and perpetual struggle for independence. Shiro is an essential part of eritrean and ethiopian cuisine. It is often consumed with dark or sergegna injera. It is the national dish for both countries and east african countries.
ənǧära እንጀራ is a sour fermented flatbread with a slightly spongy texture traditionally made out of teff flour in ethiopian and eritrean cuisine. In ethiopian and eritrean cuisines vegetable lentil or meat dishes are served on top of the injera and the food is eaten with your hands using the injera to scoop up the food. Eritrean cuisine is a combination of all the culinary traditions of the people of the country its long history and the interconnection with other. Shiro can be cooked and added to shredded injera or taita and eaten with a spoon.
Eritrea one of the four countries of the horn of africa is the 4th youngest country in the world as it declared its independence from ethiopia in may 1993 of which it was a federated state since 1953. Injera is the typical bread of many african regions from eritrea to ethiopia. This version is called shiro fit fit. Eritrea how to make barley and teff injera barley injera how to make multi grain injera.
Zigni is the main traditional dish of eritrean cuisine. The uncooked side stays spongy soft. It is a beef stew in tomato sauce flavored with berbere this rather hot spice blend that accompanies almost every dish of the region and that is also used for the ethiopian doro wat recipe. Injera is a sour flatbread used in ethiopian and eritrean cuisine that is thicker than a crepe but thinner than a pancake and has a delightfully sour taste.
Injera is a sourdough flatbread that s why the dough sits for 24hrs for the sourdough fermentation process. These days border conflicts contiue between both and. Injera is tricky to make but practice makes perfect. It is central to the dining process in those cultures as bread is the most fundamental component.