Genfo

Name: Genfo
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: 300g barley flour or oat flour; 900ml water; 1 tsp salt; 4 tbsp niter kibbeh; 2 tsp berbere spice

Thick Ethiopian barley porridge — a communal dish eaten with a hole carved into the top, filled with niter kibbeh and berbere.

Total time

25 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Ethiopian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

300gbarley flour or oat flour

900mlwater

1 tspsalt

4 tbspniter kibbeh

2 tspberbere spice

Instructions

Bring water and salt to a boil.

Whisk in flour gradually to avoid lumps.

Cook over low heat stirring vigorously 15 minutes until very thick and smooth.

Mound onto a plate. Make a well in the centre.

Mix niter kibbeh with berbere and pour into the well. Eat communally, scooping from the edges.

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

Fat

Carbs

Fiber

Sodium

478mg

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