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Dataዳጣ

A Gojjam chilli and garlic paste, hotter and plainer than kochkocha

Prep
20 minutes
Cook
No cooking
Serves
8
Region
Gojjam

Ingredients

Make

8 servings

Method

  1. Pound the chillies with the garlic, ginger and salt into a coarse paste

  2. Work in the nech azmud

  3. Loosen it with the lemon juice and the oil until it is spoonable but still thick

  4. Rest it an hour before serving, so the garlic settles down

Photographs

From the kitchen

  • Data is hotter and simpler than kochkocha — mostly chilli and garlic, with none of the butter

  • Taste one chilli raw before you start. The whole condiment is their heat, and it varies enormously

  • A Gojjam condiment, served with kitfo and tere siga and eaten with kocho

  • Some households make a red version with berbere instead of green chillies. Both go by the same name

Tags

  • sauce
  • regional
  • very-spicy
  • vegan

Suitable for

  • vegan
  • gluten-free

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