Ethiopian+Culture




 * Ethnic dress in Ethiopia** - Their national clothes are basiclly white. Men wear light and shawl blankets worn over the shoulders, while women wear white dresses and wraps.


 * Ethnic Art** - Ethiopia has a unique style, a style that seems to be unchnaged over the centuries. People paint strong colored, two dimensional figures, clear lines, they have a simplistic portrayal and are almost cartoon-like.


 * Ethnic food** - Ethiopia's staple diet, grain, is called teff, they use this flower to make pancake-like bread called injeria, every other other dish is usually eaten with injera. Thick stews called wats is the most popular dish, it can be made from meat, beans and/or vegetables.


 * __How to make injera -__**

• 1/4 cup teff flour • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour • 1 cup water • a pinch of salt • peanut or vegetable oil
 * Ingridents -**


 * what you need-**
 * mixing bowl
 * a non stick pan
 * or cast iron skillet

**2.** Slowly add the water, stirring to avoid lumps. **3.** Stir in the salt. **4.** Heat a nonstick pan or lightly oiled cast-iron skillet until a water drop dances on the surface. Make sure the surface of the pan is smooth: Otherwise, your //injera// might fall apart when you try to remove it. **5.** Coat the pan with a thin layer of batter. //Injera// should be thicker than a crêpe, but not as thick as a traditional pancake. It will rise slightly when it heats.
 * How to prepare -**
 * 1.** Put the teff flour in the bottom of a mixing bowl, and sift in the all-purpose flour.
 * 6.** Cook until holes appear on the surface of the bread. Once the surface is dry, remove the bread from the pan and let it cool.

sources - http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/bread/recipe-injera.html, http://www.africaguide.com/country/ethiopia/culture.htm

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