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Kitaቂጣ

Unleavened griddle bread, made in twenty minutes when there is no injera

Prep
20 minutes
Cook
15 minutes
Serves
4
Region
National

Ingredients

Make

4 servings

Method

  1. Mix the flour and salt, then add the water a little at a time until you have a soft dough

  2. Knead it 5 minutes and let it rest 15 under a cloth

  3. Divide it into four and roll each piece out to about 3 mm

  4. Cook on a hot dry griddle, 2 to 3 minutes a side, until it blisters and dries at the edges

  5. Wipe the griddle with a trace of oil between rounds, no more

  6. Stack them under a cloth as they come off, so they stay soft

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From the kitchen

  • Kita is unleavened, which is the whole point of it. Injera needs three days of fermentation; kita needs twenty minutes

  • Barley flour is the traditional grain and gives a darker, nuttier bread than wheat

  • This is what chechebsa is made from, so make extra if you want breakfast tomorrow

  • A dry griddle, not an oiled one. Oil fries it and you want it baked

Tags

  • bread
  • quick
  • vegan
  • staple

Per serving

Calories
340
Protein
10g
Carbohydrate
68g
Fat
3g

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

Suitable for

  • vegan

Contains

  • gluten

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