Month: March 2021

(video uses oil, recipe below does not)

Ingredients

• sliced onions

• 1/2 t finely minced garlic

• snapped green beans

• cut carrots

• 1 t tomato paste

• 1/4 t black cardamom

• jalapeno peppers

• 1/4 t corriander

• water as needed

• salt to taste

Instructions

• In hot skillet wauté (water sauté) onions until translucent (almost caramelized)

• Stir in 1/2 t minced garlic and 1 t tomato paste

• Add little water to prevent garlic from drying

• Stir in green beans & carrots

• Add a little more water

• Add cardamom and coriander

• Reduce heat & allow to simmer for 1/2 hour to 45 minutes, adding water as needed

• Stir in peppers & salt to taste

• Serve hot w/ injera bread

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 C dried red lentils

• 1 onion (red, yellow or white)

• 1 large clove garlic (1.5 t when minced)

• 1 large thumb ginger (1.5 T when minced)

• 3 T sweet paprika

• 3 T berbere spice blend

• 1/4 t cayenne pepper (optional)

• 4 C vegetable broth (or water)

• 1/4 t freshly ground black cardamom (korerima)

Instructions

• Wash lentils thoroughly (removing stones) until water runs nearly clear

• Peel & chop/mince onion, garlic, ginger

• Wauté (water sauté) onions until brown (carmelized)

• Wauté garlic & ginger in same pan

• To medium sauce pan on medium heat add red lentils + 2 C broth & mix well

• Add 1 C more broth & stir (we are NOT adding all liquids at once to avoid soupiness) Reserve last cup of broth for late

• Cover lentils & simmer for 8 minutes

• In wauté pan add paprika & bebere spice blend, adding a little broth to make a creamy paste

• Turn off heat and allow to rest until the lentils are done

• Transfer wautéed spices into pan of cooked lentils, using broth to release remnants of spice paste from wauté pan

• Finally, stir in the freshly ground black cardamom (korerima)

NOTE May order Ethiopian spices here: https://ethiopianspices.com/

https://youtu.be/173hXXbUDZk

Ingredients

• 2 large potatoes

• 2 carrots

• 1 onion

• 1 thumb ginger

• 2 cloves garlic

• 1 head cabbage

• 1/4 t turmeric

• 1/4 t salt & pepper (or to taste)

• (Optional) 1/2 small jalapeño pepper

Instructions

• Wash & peel potato, carrot & ginger

• Boil potatoes separately

• Chop cabbage, onion & carrots

• Mince ginger, garlic & jalapeño

• Wauté (water sauté) onion, carrot, ginger, garlic, jalapeño in pot

• Add turmeric, salt & pepper

• Add chopped cabbage to wauté pan, stir & cover

• Cube the cooked potato & lightly dry-fry them

• Add potato to wautéed veggies