The lady who owns the Ethiopian place near me told me that it’s really hard to get the injera right when you first try it the US. The wild yeasts that occur naturally in Ethiopia are not present here. Is like how “real sourdough only comes from San Francisco.”
She said she couldn’t get it to work right with pure teff like back home and to play around for a long time with the mix of wheat, rice flour and teff before it was even edible.
Maybe the place you had it was still figuring it out.
I once went to an Ethiopian restaurant with my family. Never again.
I can’t even describe it, but whatever evil concoction they call their version of bread is easily the worst thing I ever attempted to eat.
Whaaaat injera bread is really good. Not even an acquired taste.
Til about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teff
You don’t enjoy the unholy union of packing wrap and kitchen sponge?
Too accurate 😭
How about tripe, the other kitchen sponge?
I dunno, I think the Ethiopian food itself more than makes up for it. Unseasoned polenta on the other hand…
Zil Zil Tibs.
It’s been like 20 years since I’ve had Ethiopian food and I still remember exactly what I will get next time.
It’s like a sourdough pancake. Absolutely delicious, and even more so when it soaks up the juices from the rest of the platter.
The lady who owns the Ethiopian place near me told me that it’s really hard to get the injera right when you first try it the US. The wild yeasts that occur naturally in Ethiopia are not present here. Is like how “real sourdough only comes from San Francisco.”
She said she couldn’t get it to work right with pure teff like back home and to play around for a long time with the mix of wheat, rice flour and teff before it was even edible.
Maybe the place you had it was still figuring it out.
Maybe. This was in Israel. There’s a sizable Ethiopian population here but it still might be difficult.
Fermented teff flour? I’ve always wanted to try it with raw kitfo out of curiosity
You can get close by way overfermenting regular sourdough. It’s very lactic.
Does it get that same floppy texture?
Yeah, almost rubbery.