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🇪🇷 Traditional dishes from Eritrea

3 dishes people actually cook in Eritrea: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Injera

480 min · medium · 3 ingredients

Injera, a traditional dish from Eritrea

Enjoy the tangy flavor of homemade injera!

  • 500 g teff flour
  • 600 ml water
  • 10 g salt

Tsebhi derho

90 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Tsebhi derho, a traditional dish from Eritrea

A flavorful Eritrean chicken stew with spices.

  • 800 g chicken
  • 2 onions
  • 4 garlic
  • 2 tbsp ginger
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp berbere spice
  • 60 ml vegetable oil
  • 500 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

Zigni

90 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Zigni, a traditional dish from Eritrea

Spicy Eritrean stew that warms the soul!

  • 500 g beef
  • 2 onions
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 tbsp ginger
  • 2 tbsp berbere spice
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 500 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 2 tbsp oil

What do people eat in Eritrea?

The three dishes from Eritrea documented in Copper are Injera, Tsebhi derho and Zigni. Berbere spice and garlic each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 13 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Eritrea?

The three recipes need 13 ingredients between them, of which 5 are shared by more than one dish. Berbere spice is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 5 use berbere spice. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Eritrea take?

Tsebhi derho is the quickest at 90 minutes. Injera is the longest at 480 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Eritrea is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Eritrea here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Tsebhi derho is the shortest way in.

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