Ethiopian Flat Bread (Injera)
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"This recipe was very tasty. It doesn't taste like traditional Injera that I have had. But for not wanting to buy it at Whole foods (made locally) and unable to find Teff flour great alternative. Really need all the water to thin out the batter but I will totally make this again. It is not sour like real injera, mostly because it is not fermated. "
- LeghatronCuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Grains
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Ingredients
| 1/2 cWhole wheat flour (125 ml) |
| 3 1/2 cWarm water (875 ml) |
| Ml) |
| 3 cSelf-rising flour (750 ml) |
| 1 tbActive dry yeast (one |
| 1/2 cCornmeal or masa harina (125 |
| Package) (15 ml) |
Ethiopian Flat Bread (Injera) Preparation
Mix and let set in large bowl, covered, an hour or longer, until batter rises and becomes stretchy. It can sit as long as 3-6 hours. When ready, stir batter if liquid has settled on bottom. Then whip in blender, 2 cups of batter at a time, thinning it with 1/2 - 3/4 cup water. Batter will be quite thin. Cook in non-stick frypan WITHOUT OIL (is that a great instruction or what?) over medium or medium-high heat. Use 1/2 cup batter per injera for a 12-inch pan or 1/3 cup batter for a 10-inch pan. Pour batter in heated pan and quickly swirl pan to spread batter as thin as possible. Batter should be no thicker than 1/8-inch. Do not turn over. Injera does not easily stick or burn. It is cooked through when bubbles appear all over the top. Lay each injera on a clean towel for a minute or two, then stack in covered dish to keep warm. Finished injera will be thicker than a crepe, but thinner than a pancake. To serve, overlap a few injera on a platter and place stews on top (I think most kinds of spicy bean or veggie stews/curries would be great with this. For Ethiopian food, the spicier the better). Or lay one injera on each dinner plate, and ladle stew servings on top. Give each person three or more injera, rolled up or folded in quarters, to use for scooping up the stews. I calculated that if you make 15 12-inch injeras, each would be about 120 calories, 3% CFF. Not bad. For a more authentic injera, add 1/2 cup teff flour (teff is a kind of millet) and reduce the whole wheat flour to 1/4 cup. From: glmis4!kehrbaum@cbs1.attmail.com (Ellen Kehrbaum). Fatfree Digest [Volume 9 Issue 25] July 16, 1994. Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34, TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using MMCONV File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip
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