Breakfast
Chechebsaጨጨብሳ
Kita torn hot and tossed through niter kibbeh and berbere, eaten with honey
- Prep
- 15 minutes
- Cook
- 20 minutes
- Serves
- 3
- Region
- Oromia
Ingredients
3 servings
Method
Mix the flour, salt and water into a soft dough, knead it 5 minutes and rest it 15
Divide it in two and roll each piece thin enough to see the board through
Cook them on a dry hot griddle, 2 minutes a side, until they blister and dry out. This is kita
Tear the kita into bite-sized pieces with your hands while it is still hot — not with a knife
Melt the niter kibbeh in a wide pan, stir in the berbere and cook it 1 minute
Toss the torn kita through until every piece is coated and glossy
Serve at once with honey and ayib on the side
Photographs
From the kitchen
Tear it hot. Cold kita tears ragged and will not drink up the butter the way hot kita does
Honey against the berbere is the whole point of the dish. Serving it without honey is a different, lesser breakfast
An Oromo dish. You will also see it called kita firfir, which is the same thing
For a fasting morning use oil in place of the kibbeh and leave the ayib off
Tags
- breakfast
- traditional
- spicy
- regional
Per serving
- Calories
- 480
- Protein
- 11g
- Carbohydrate
- 58g
- Fat
- 22g
Estimates. They shift with how you make it and what you make it with.
Suitable for
- vegetarian
Contains
- gluten
- dairy
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