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Gomen be Ayibጎመን በአይብ

Collard greens folded with fresh ayib, so the curds stay whole. Not a fasting dish.

Prep
15 minutes
Cook
25 minutes
Serves
4
Region
National

Ingredients

Make

4 servings

Method

  1. Boil the shredded greens in salted water for 10 minutes, drain hard and squeeze the water out of them

  2. Cook the onion in the niter kibbeh for 8 minutes until soft

  3. Add the garlic, ginger and chillies and cook 2 minutes

  4. Add the greens and the water and cook 8 minutes, so they take up the fat

  5. Off the heat, fold the ayib through so it stays in curds rather than melting into the greens

  6. Serve warm

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From the kitchen

  • Squeeze the greens properly. Water left in them dilutes everything and the dish ends up bland and loose

  • The ayib goes in off the heat and is not meant to melt. Curds that keep their shape are the point

  • This is not fasting food — the ayib is dairy. Leave it out and use oil instead of kibbeh and you have a fasting gomen

  • Fine shredding matters more than long cooking. Thick ribbons stay tough however long you give them

Tags

  • vegetarian
  • not-for-fasting
  • dairy
  • greens

Per serving

Calories
190
Protein
9g
Carbohydrate
12g
Fat
12g

Estimates. They shift with how you make it and what you make it with.

Suitable for

  • vegetarian
  • gluten-free

Contains

  • dairy

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