The specific epithet abyssinica derives from latin and means of or from ethiopia. Brundo ethiopian spice company oakland, ca groupon. Fetlework tefferi founderowner brundo ethiopian spice. Brundo s sauce spice blend is an array of organic spices blended carefully to enchance the zest of mild turmeric sauce, vegetable stews, sea foods and barbeque sauces. Cyclists will also appreciate the plentiful space to lock up their bikes. Inspiration to brew an ethiopian tej brew your own. Although this vividly illustrated book has some recipes, its essentially a guide to the many spices used in ethiopian cuisine. Recipes brundo spices ethiopian spices, brundo, gesho.
Berbere, a blend of more than twelve spices and the heart of ethiopian cuisine, takes two weeks to make from scratch. Anna mindess it is hard to overstate the importance of spice blends in. Prime members enjoy free twoday delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, tv shows, original audio series, and kindle books. Its uses within ethiopian cooking is wide and can be found in kibe kibbbeh, qiibe a ethiopian spiced butter, shiro, berbere and many other dishes. Another important ingredient is niter kibbeh, a spiced clarified butter. Known as shouro wot, kay shouro gets its name and color from the deep red berbere spice used in every wot dish. Niteh kibbeh is enhanced with spices including fenugreek, cloves, ginger, cardamom and tumeric. Written by fetlework tefferi who owns brundo ethiopian spices, a market in oakland, calif. Brundo prepares and imports organic herbs, spices, legumes, and exotic blends that are essential for. Ethiopian spices have a unique story to tell chefs, home cooks, healthy food enthusiasts, vegetarians, carnivores and vegans alike. Our signature legumes are then cooled overnight and then they then are stoned ground or cracked. Ethiopian cusine and spices have a unique story to tell we hope that you join us in our journey to share and preserve this culinary art. While, berbere may be the best known ethiopian spice mix, mitmita, pronounced meeteemeeta, is a very aromatic, redorange colored, crazy hot spice blend.
The honey beer mentioned is the ethiopian tej and each thread is brewed separately and then blended to create this masterful beer. Berbere which is a rich red color due to the smoked sweet paprika and cayenne chile pepper and its the signature seasoning in the hearty ethiopian stew, called wat. On a quest to preserve traditional ethiopian spices the. Brundo ethiopian spices ethiopian spices have a unique story to tell chefs, home cooks, healthy food enthusiasts, vegetarians, carnivores and vegans alike. The ethiopian spice rack ethiopian food mesob across america. Beautifully curated, this book travels across time to deliver part of what makes ethiopian spices so magnificent, unique and mouthwatering. Items like vases will provide your home with that muchneeded flair, so get to decorating. On high heat saute onions, with the minced tomatoes and 14 cup of oil for about 5 minutes.
Brundo s aroma hops stems, gathered from the highlands of ethiopia, are sundried and packed fresh. Asharo organically grown ethiopian barley manually roasted over clay griddles. Ethiopian snack simple injera easy ethiopian flat bread fossolia green bean and carrot medley ethiopian cucumber and tomato salad ethiopian potato salad ethiopian eggplant relish ethiopian eggplant salad doro wat spicy chicken stew grilled steak ethiopian style key wet. Add 1 tbs of garlic and cook for 3 minutes, cover and reduce the heat to moderate. The history of spices in ethiopia is an ancient one and spices remain as basic food items of the ethiopian people. Berbere spice, also known as ethiopian spice blend, its a crucial component of many ethiopian and eritrean dishes such as doro wat. Berbere is a hot spice blend that is an integral ingredient in ethiopian cuisine. Feb 23, 2015 encouraging them to help her fill the growing demand for authentic ethiopian spices and other food products not only benefits the farmers, cafe coluccis diners, and the customers of her online spice store, brundo, it completes a cultural circle that connects tefferi to her homeland. If you ask cafe colucci founder fetlework tefferi, the secret to ethiopian cooking is in the spices. Tucked away in the corner of bay 8 of the mammoth american steel warehouse sits the ethiopian spice shop, brundo.
Delicious and delightful the exquisite flavours of ethiopia are utterly divine. Twice a week, brundo offers ethiopian cooking classes, both vegan and. She has authored a selfpublished spice book, opened an online. A collection of history, culture and recipes of spices from ethiopia. This indispensable book contains 28 wonderful recipes that you will use over and over again. High this article has been rated as highimportance on. Haddis alemayehu shelved 4 times as ethiopia avg rating 4. The pepper seeds carefully selected and sundried are. Ethiopian berbere spice by olivenation is a blend of classic ethiopian spices including ajowan seed, fenugreek, cardamom, chiles, cumin, and clove. I also took some hints from the tej recipe found in the book.
Ethiopian black cardamom seed pods are used as a spice and flavoring. In this book you will learn a little about everything from ethiopian landscape and culture to food and traditions. Africa fiction and nonfiction 1,512 books 1,602 voters best amharic books. I chose to make mine as a single batch utilizing ingredients from each thread. Mar 22, 2012 she travels to the high plateaus of ethiopia every few months to check on her growing spice business, and when shes stateside shes managing the restaurant, checking in on the spice shop or organizing cooking classes at the culinary studio. Ethiopian spices, brundo, gesho, berbere, mitmita, korerima. It is hard to overstate the importance of spice blends in ethiopian dishes. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Both full of flavor and heat, this spice is not for the faint of heart or taste.
Brundos aroma hops stems, gathered from the highlands of ethiopia, are sundried and packed fresh. Aug 26, 20 berbere is a hot spice blend that is an integral ingredient in ethiopian cuisine. The periplus of the erythraean red sea, a greek trade manual written some time during the first century a. Two of the more wellknown retailers are brundo, in oakland, calif. Fulfillment by amazon fba is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in amazons fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Best authentic berbere ethiopian spice blend the daring. Barely visible from the street, the empty back of a papasan chair adorned with a brundo apron marks the entrance for customers. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. This article is within the scope of wikiproject ethiopia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of ethiopia on wikipedia. Cafe colucci celebrates a new book release and ethiopian. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and. Merkato mart buy ethiopian goods, spices, amharic cds.
Merkato market shope authentic ethiopian goods, spices, commodities online. Buy berbere spice mix ethiopian spice blend spice jungle. Most of the heat comes from the fiery long red finger of. Ethiopian spices, brundo, gesho, berbere, mitmita, korerima, kibbe. And new to the market is qmem quality ethiopian spices, which imports its. To begin,mild netch shouro powder is added to onions heavily sauteed in the spicy berbere powder. Post by kelly baker, oakland local 916 tucked away in the corner of bay 8 of the mammoth american steel warehouse sits the ethiopian spice shop, brundo.
I also took some hints from the tej recipe found in the book extreme brewing by sam calagione of dogfish head. It is flavored with sacred basil and a variety of organic spices, garlic, ginger, and other signature flavors. Ethiopia is the homeland for many spices, for example korarima, long pepper, black cumin, bishops weed and coriander. Mitmita there are two spice blends heavily used in ethiopian cuisine. A perfect combination of slightly spicy and sweet, ethiopian berbere spice is a great seasoning for red lentils, vegetables, meat. Berbere, which means hot in amharic, is an ethiopian spice blend very common to ethiopian cooking. In fact, theyre such an integral part of the cooking that the cafes sister company, brundo ethiopian spices, manages all of the cafes imports and the kitchen staff of acclaimed ethiopian chefs manages the onsite spice blending. Book exploring ethiopian spices launched, saturday, 10 october 2009. Ethiopian mustard seed, made and imported from ethiopia, brundo ethiopian spices, organic and nongmo 5. If youre into cookbooks, this store has something youll love. Join facebook to connect with brundo ethiopian spices and others you may know. After the rise and decline of greek civilisation and the roman destruction of the city of carthage, they made one area of the conquered territories into a province which they called africa, a word derived from afri and the name of a group of people about whom little is known.
Berbere is a chile and spice blend used to season many ethiopian dishes. This poster shows simple steps of hand washing with soap and clean water. From the spices to the presentation method, a meal in ethiopia is an experience. The twelve pounds of butter will yield about 21 cups of nitir qibe. Also its used in condiment spice blends with kitfo ethiopian style steak tartar.
See more ideas about food recipes, ethiopian cuisine and food. Cafe coluccis diners, and the customers of her online spice store, brundo. Merkato mart buy ethiopian goods, spices, amharic cds, dvd. Ethiopia has a rich, diverse cuisine that uses many. Both full of flavor and heat, this spice is not for the faint of heart or taste buds. Sold by brundo ethiopian spices and fulfilled by amazon. Our legumes are washed, sun dried, and then slowroasted over clay griddle. The ethiopian spice rack ethiopian food mesob across. Fantastic as a rub for bbq meats, chicken or fish, super in a ragu or tomato based sauce. Awaze, ethiopian spice paste topics agriculture bread butter coffee comfort food enset fasting fermentation fruit home cooking honey injera markets mill permaculture recipes restaurants seeds slow food snacks south ethiopia spices tej teff urbanagriculture vegan vegetables vegetarian. Spices are important in cooking, especially berbere, which is a combination of spices that includes chili pepper, and mitmita, which is very spicy.
Because authentic berbere can be hard to find, we developed our own recipe. Add the chopped collard greens, 2 cups of hot water and cook for 15 minutes or until. Layers of taste, aroma, and essence continue to define and preserve timeless traditions of distinct flavors in the ethiopian kitchen. The ethiopian fennel fruits are rich in ca and mg and other essential elements fe, cu, co and zn and can be used as good supplement for human being in particularly for children and pregnant women. The name berbere means hot in amharic a semitic language spoken in ethiopia and the name is quite appropriate as the blend begins with a tongueincinerating rush of cayenne, aleppo, and black and white peppers. Popular ethiopia books meet your next favorite book. The most common is simply called mekelesha, and it consists of a chefs choice of ingredients.
Barely visible from the street, the empty back of a papasan chair adorned with a brundo apron marks the entrance. I recently purchased an ethiopian cookbook with the hope of not looking like igor. Ethiopian cooking class with brundo in west oakland. Licensed wholesale distrubitors for ethiopian ambo 25 pound bag of teff whole beans coffee and we offer a huge selection of spices, herbs, and seasonings from ethiopia and asia. Ethiopian cookbook has been requested by the president of gourmand international and the paris cookbook fair to compete in the 20 gourmand world cookbook awards in madrid, spain. Regular basil found outside ethiopian, meaning a italian type of affair is no substitute. Teff the seed is smaller than a pinhead and there are up to 2,5003,000 seeds to the gram. By yelibenwork ayele ethiopia is a homeland for many spices, such as korarima aframonum korarima, long pepper, black cumin, white cumin bishops weed nech azmud, coriander and ginger.
With that dedication to quality, freshness, and authenticity. Having a good book to read is one of the best comforts in life. In the cities of addis around piassa there are butchers that serve the traditional brundo from selected, usually soft, part of freshly arriving meet. As an alternative, there are places to find nitir qibe online brundo on my sidebar has it, listed under staples to ethiopian living, and if you have an ethiopian restaurant nearby, theyd probably be happy let you purchase some from them. Every ethiopian cook has their own version of this blend. It is endemic to ethiopia but cultivated throughout tropical african countries. Jun 01, 2014 the ethiopian spice rack has numerous blends that you use to add extra flavor to a wot. The average land covering by spices is approximately 222,700 ha and the production 244,000 tonannum. Ethiopian cooking classes with brundo in west oakland kqed. Zoom into ethiopian family eating traditional ethiopian food 2.
Some versions include lesser known spices like nigella seeds, ajwain, and korarima, a spice that grows wild in ethiopia. Both a food crop and a foragecover crop, the cultivation of the pigeon pea alone dates back at least 3500 years. Generally roasted over an open fire the smokey aroma adds a distinct flavor to berbere sauces, clarified butter and other chili blends. The primary ingredients in makulaya a sauteing spice are fenugreek, shallots, ethiopian. Ethiopian food, injera, gesho, kitel, bessobela, derkosh, berbere, shouro, koseret, kuti, tossegn, shiro, tej, tela, tikur azmud, ird, turmeric, teff, kolo. Ethiopia has a rich, diverse cuisine that uses many unusual.
Ethiopian spices give the dishes of this country their richness and unique taste. Fortunately for all, theres space to park close to brundo ethiopian spice company for your convenience. In her book the emergence of food production in ethiopia, tertia. On a quest to preserve traditional ethiopian spices the east bay. We are a charity thats passionate about education in ethiopia. Jan 21, 2015 berbere, a blend of more than twelve spices and the heart of ethiopian cuisine, takes two weeks to make from scratch. Sheltered in isolation, ethiopian culinary art flourished autonomously for centuries, writes restaurant owner fetlework tefferi in her book ethiopian pepper and spice.