Ye'bekolo ena Ye'furno Duket Genfo Be'kibe: calories and recipe

Ingredients

• 250 g maize, white, whole grain flour (9 small cup)
• 250 g wheat, white, refined flour (4 medium ECC)
• 10 g salt (2 small spoon)
• 700 g water (0.7 l)
• 68 g butter (11.5 tbsp)
• 20 g berbere (2 tbsp)
• 240 g yoghurt (12 tbsp)

How to make it

1. 1In a serving tray or sefed sift maize and wheat flour.
2. 2In a saucepan, boil water for 3 minutes.
3. 3Add salt and cook for 1 minute.
4. 4Keep 1 cup of the boiled water aside, then add the flour to the boiled water and mix well, stirring constantly to prevent lumps.
5. 5Stir continuously while mixing and cooking for 10 minutes to prevent lumps from forming.
6. 6Add the kept water gradually, cover the saucepan in between, and mix by stirring intermittently for 15 minutes.
7. 7Simmer a bowl with butter and transfer the porridge into the bowl.
8. 8Roll the porridge into a ball shape and create a hole at the center using a spoon.
9. 9Pour butter mixed with berbere powder at the hole and serve hot with yoghurt.

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