{"id":10854,"date":"2025-08-01T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/?p=10854"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:38:28","slug":"ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shiro. Cream of chickpeas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shir\u00f2 is a cream of chickpeas, tomato and spices typical of Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. Usually served with zighin\u00ec. We recommend enjoying shir\u00f2 on injera bread.<\/em><\/p>\n

Time<\/strong> 1 hour
\nServe<\/strong>s 4<\/p>\n

Ingredients <\/strong>
\n<\/strong>500 ml water<\/p>\n

Half onion<\/p>\n

1 clove of garlic<\/p>\n

3 tablespoons of chickpea flour<\/p>\n

Ripe tomatoes or puree<\/p>\n

Salt to taste<\/p>\n

Berbere<\/p>\n

Extra virgin olive oil to taste<\/p>\n

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Preparation <\/strong>
\nIn a pan, saut\u00e9 the onion and garlic with a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, add the berber\u00e8 (mix of hot spices) and brown everything for about ten minutes. At this point, add the chickpea flour, tomato and water a little at a time, until you get the desired consistency. Cook everything for about twenty minutes and season with salt to taste. Your shir\u00f2 is ready.<\/p>\n

……………..<\/p>\n

Ethiopia. A traditional salad of potatoes and beetroot<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today we prepare a traditional beetroot and potato salad, to be enjoyed both hot and warm.<\/em><\/p>\n

Time<\/strong> 50 minutes<\/p>\n

Serves<\/strong> 4<\/p>\n

3 medium beets,<\/p>\n

2 teaspoons salt,<\/p>\n

5 potatoes, peeled and chopped,<\/p>\n

1 white onion, chopped,<\/p>\n

1 \u00bd teaspoons ginger,<\/p>\n

1 clove garlic,<\/p>\n

60 ml vegetable oil,<\/p>\n

1 teaspoon ground mustard.<\/p>\n

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Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fill a large pot with water and immerse the previously cleaned beets. Boil for about 35-40 minutes or until the beets are soft. Peel the potatoes and cut them into quarters and place them in a separate pot with boiling water. Cook for about 10-12 minutes, until the potatoes are soft. When the beets are ready, pass them under water to cool them. Use your hands to remove the beetroot peel. Cut each beetroot into small pieces. In a large pan, add the vegetable oil and chopped onion and fry it. Now add the ginger, garlic, \u00bd teaspoon of salt and mustard and mix well. Once this mixture has become fragrant, add the cooked potatoes and beets, mixing everything together. Transfer the potato and beetroot mixture to a separate bowl and season with salt. Serve the salad cold as usual or warm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shiro. Cream of chickpeas Shir\u00f2 is a cream of chickpeas, tomato and spices typical of Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. Usually served with zighin\u00ec. We recommend enjoying shir\u00f2 on injera bread. Time 1 hour Serves 4 Ingredients 500 ml water Half onion 1 clove of garlic 3 tablespoons of chickpea flour Ripe tomatoes or puree Salt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}