Ye'nech Mashila Genfo Be'zeit: calories and recipe

Ingredients

• 300 g sorghum, white, decorticated flour (4 medium cup)
• 800 g water (0.8 l)
• 10 g salt (2 small spoon)
• 60 g oil (10 tbsp)
• 10 g berbere (1 tbsp)

How to make it

1. 1In a serving tray or sefed, sift sorghum flour.
2. 2Boil water in a saucepan for 5 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. 5Add the kept water gradually, cover the saucepan in between, and mix by stirring intermittently for 20 minutes.
6. 6Simmer a bowl with oil and transfer the porridge into the bowl.
7. 7Roll the porridge into a ball shape and create a hole at the center using a spoon.
8. 8Pour oil mixed with berbere powder into the hole and serve hot.

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