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Injera (or tayta) is a spongy Ethiopian and Eritrean flatbread and an integral part of life for the locals. The bread is made from teff, the tiniest grain in the world, also considered a super grain due to its high nutritious properties. Injera is so popular that the people greet each other by asking "Did you eat injera today?", and if the answer is positive, that assures the other person that all is well.
This flatbread is served for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and sharing it when times are rough has kept many Ethiopians and Eritreans alive. Its flavor is tart and quite similar to sourdough bread. The dough is left for three days to ferment and is then shaped into a large, pancake-like disk.
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Kitcha is an unleavened Ethiopian flatbread made with wheat flour, water, and salt. The dough is traditionally baked in a pan on both sides until it develops a golden-brown color of the exterior. The flatbread can be additionally spiced with chili and cardamom.
It is usually served warm with melted butter, or used in a dish called fit-fit.
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Himbasha or ambasha is a traditional and Ethiopian flatbread consisting of flour, water, yeast, sugar, sesame seeds, ground cardamom, and raisins (only in Eritrean version) resulting in a unique combination of sweet and savory flavors. It is characterized by a decorative wheel pattern that is scored on its top.
In Eritrea and Ethiopia, himbasha is traditionally consumed for breakfast after mass, but it is also a popular item at numerous festivities and celebrations. Interestingly, breaking this bread over the back of a child on his first birthday to give him strength is a local tradition.
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Kocho is a traditional flatbread made with enset plant, which is often called false banana, due to visual similarities between the two. The Gurage people of southern Ethiopia chop the plant's thick flesh into a liquid meal, and then shape it into a dough-like mass that gets buried in the ground while wrapped in the plant's large green leaves.
After some time, they dig up the fermented product, shape it into flat loaves or strips, and then cook it on a mitad – a hot plate that is traditionally used to make injera flatbread. Additionally, the dough might be enriched with nitter kibbeh (clarified butter) and various spices.
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