Shiro Wot

Name: Shiro Wot
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: 200g shiro flour (roasted chickpea flour); 2 onions, very finely diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tbsp berbere spice; 4 tbsp niter kibbeh or oil; 500ml water; salt to taste

Ethiopian chickpea flour stew — a thick, spiced sauce of berbere, garlic and onion, the everyday protein of Orthodox fasting days.

Total time

50 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Ethiopian

Vegan

Ingredients

200gshiro flour (roasted chickpea flour)

2onions, very finely diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

2 tbspberbere spice

4 tbspniter kibbeh or oil

500mlwater

saltto taste

Instructions

Slowly fry onion in niter kibbeh 20 minutes until deep golden.

Add garlic and berbere. Cook 3 minutes.

Whisk shiro flour with 200ml water until smooth.

Add remaining water to pot. Bring to simmer. Whisk in shiro paste.

Cook 15 minutes, stirring frequently, until thick and smooth. Season. Serve on injera.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

0.8g

Fat

0.1g

Carbs

6.1g

Fiber

Sodium

3mg

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