Breakfast
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
3 servings
Method
Rinse the cracked wheat and drain it
Bring the milk or water to a boil with the salt
Stir the grain in, lower the heat and cover the pot
Cook 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the grain is soft and the liquid has gone
Beat in the niter kibbeh while it is still hot
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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