Recipes: More Ethiopian Cooking

These two recipes are toppings for injera, the traditional Ethiopian bread.
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DORO WAT (Chicken Stew)

Yield: 8 portions.
In a 4-to 6-quart Dutch oven or heavy stewpot:

Brown 3 cups ONION, very finely chopped, with a tablespoon or so of butter, until quite brown, stirring constantly. (If your children are not onion-lovers, try pureeing the onions in the food processor. This is quicker than chopping anyway.

Add:

1/4 cup BUTTER or OLIVE OIL
1/2 tsp. CAYENNE PEPPER
1 tsp. PAPRIKA
1/2 tsp. BLACK PEPPER
1/4 tsp. GINGER
Blend the seasoning into the onions.

Add:

1 cup WATER. Simmmer on low while you do the next steps.

Soak:

1 3-lb. CHICKEN cut in 1-inch pieces, bones left on, in
2 cups WATER with 1/4 cup LEMON JUICE for 10 minutes. If you prefer, you can use boneless chicken cut bite-sized, but bone-in is more authentic. After soaking, drain the water from each piece of chicken.

Add chicken to onion mixture, stirring it through. Cover and simmer over low heat until chicken is tender, 30-60 minutes.
Add more water, if necessary, to bring to stew texture. Or if Wat is too watery, thicken with 2 tablespoons of flour dissolved in 3 tablespoons of water.

Add 8 PEELED HARD-BOILED EGGS a few minutes before serving.

Serve on injera along with Iab, giving each guest an egg along with the stew as well.

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IAB (Cottage Cheese and Yogurt)
Yield: 1 quart
IAB is a white cured cheese very much like the greek feta. Special herbs are added(and sometimes chopped vegetables)which gives it its characteristically acid taste. Since the cheese used in Ethiopia is not available here, this recipe is an attempt to simulate lab.

In a 1-quart bowl:

Combine: 1 lb. SMALL-CURD COTTAGE CHEESE OR FARMER CHEESE
4 Tbs. YOGURT
1 Tbs. GRATED LEMON RIND
1 tsb. SALAD HERBS
2 Tbs. CHOPPED PARSELY
1 tbs. SALT
1/4 tsb. BLACK PEPPER
The mixture should be moist enough to spoon but dry enough to stay firm when served. Drain off excess liquid. One or two heaping tablespoons of lab is placed on the injera before each guest.

If you are interested in more Ethiopian recipes, try these sites:

Food Down Under: Ethiopian Recipes

Ethiopia: African Recipes

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