Ye'nech Bekolo Genfo Be'kibe: calories and recipe

Ingredients

• 500 g maize, white, whole grain flour (8.33 medium cup)
• 1500 g water (1.5 l)
• 8 g salt (1.5 small spoon)
• 60 g butter (10 tbsp)
• 10 g berbere (1 tbsp)

How to make it

1. 1In a serving tray or sefed, sift the maize flour.
2. 2In a saucepan, boil water for 6 minutes.
3. 3Add salt and boil 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. 5Add the kept water gradually, cover the saucepan in between, and mix by stirring intermittently for 16 minutes.
6. 6Simmer a bowl with butter and transfer the porridge into the bowl.
7. 7Shape the porridge into a ball shape and open a hole at the center using a spoon.
8. 8Pour butter mixed with berbere powder at the hole and serve hot.

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