Keep a jar of this smoky, spicy, highly aromatic berbere on hand to make tasty Ethiopian recipes like Doro Wat and Misir Wat. This spice blend takes just 10 minutes to make but has the mojo to magically transform vegetables and lentils into utter deliciousness.
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Keep a jar of this smoky, spicy, highly aromatic berbere on hand to make tasty Ethiopian recipes like Doro Wat and Misir Wat. This spice blend takes just 10 minutes to make but has the mojo to magically transform vegetables and lentils into utter deliciousness.

I recently set out to perfect shiro wat, one of my favorite Ethiopian stews and perhaps one of the easiest Ethiopian recipes ever. But before I share the shiro with you, I want to give you recipes for the two flavor-building blocks so essential to a delicious shiro and so many other Ethiopian dishes, including my vegan doro wot and misir wot: berbere and niter kibbeh.
Today I have the berbere recipe for you. It takes just 10 minutes or so to pull this spice blend together and it smells so good, you might want to eat it out of the jar?.

What is berbere"

Berbere (pronounced ber-ber-ay) is a traditional Ethiopian blend of spices used to season vegetable, meat and lentil dishes. It's the principal spice blend among the many spice blends that are part of Ethiopian cuisine, and it adds a distinctive and highly alluring aroma to anything it's stirred into -- the kind tha...