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Kincheቅንጬ

Cracked wheat simmered soft in milk or water and beaten with niter kibbeh

Prep
5 minutes
Cook
30 minutes
Serves
3
Region
National

Ingredients

Make

3 servings

Method

  1. Rinse the cracked wheat and drain it

  2. Bring the milk or water to a boil with the salt

  3. Stir the grain in, lower the heat and cover the pot

  4. Cook 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the grain is soft and the liquid has gone

  5. Beat in the niter kibbeh while it is still hot

  6. Serve with a little mitmita scattered over if you want it savoury

Photographs

From the kitchen

  • Milk makes it rich; water and oil in place of the kibbeh make it a fasting breakfast

  • It should be soft, but the grains should still be separate. Cooked to a paste it becomes genfo by accident

  • The plainest breakfast in Ethiopia, and the one people abroad say they miss most

  • Leftovers reheat well with a splash more milk

Tags

  • breakfast
  • porridge
  • easy
  • comforting

Per serving

Calories
330
Protein
10g
Carbohydrate
52g
Fat
10g

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

Suitable for

  • vegetarian

Contains

  • gluten
  • dairy (if using milk)

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