Keye Ayib: calories and recipe

Ingredients

• 680 g cottage cheese (ayib) (5 large cup)
• 0.5 g fenugreek flour (0.25 small spoon)
• 5 g salt (1 small spoon)
• 10 g mitmita (1 tbsp)
• 50 g butter (8 tbsp)
• 2 g cardamom (1 small spoon)

How to make it

1. 1Place the cottage cheese in a plastic sieve to drain excess whey water for a few minutes.
2. 2Mash the cheese well with a spoon.
3. 3Add fenugreek flour, salt, mitmita, and cardamom powder; mix thoroughly by hand or with a large ladle.
4. 4Pour melted butter on top and mix well.
5. 5Transfer to a serving bowl (or taba), drizzle remaining butter on top, and serve with kocho bread or enjera.

Recipe and nutrition: EPHI & FAO, Ethiopian Food Recipes 2025