Posts tagged ethiopian food

After a discouraging first try, I decided to give misur wot (spicy lentil stew) another shot. I think 10 months of watching women make wot just about every day has taught me a few things about the general ingredient order, amounts, and timing that are common to most stews. Serve over injera (you can buy it at Ethiopian grocery stores on, for example, U Street in DC), rice, or pasta, or just use some bread to sop it up. This is a large-ish 1-person portion size (I mean, the portion size is large-ish; I’m still little), so increase accordingly.

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