How to Eat: Ethiopian cuisine is hands-on
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- Host Aparita Bhandari digs in with "Black Foodie" blogger Eden Hagos at Ethiopiques Restaurant on Church St. For more on this popular series visit the Toronto Star: on.thestar.com/...
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How to Eat: Ethiopian cuisine is hands-on
Don’t bother with cutlery. Eating from a shared platter is all about friends and family bonds.
This is part of a weekly series in which reporter Aparita Bhandari explores how to eat the different cuisines that make up Toronto’s diverse culinary landscape.
The best way to describe a traditional Ethiopian meal is a feast. After all, tradition calls for eating the food communally, with family and friends sharing a large platter of the staples that make up this cuisine. And so, the meal is a literal feast, as well as a feast for the eyes and palate.
When you’re eating off of the same plate as everyone else and using your hands, things could get tricky. Who goes first? Does everyone wait their turn? Do you use your left hand, right hand - maybe both?
Eden Hagos, founder of the Black Foodie blog, guided me through it all at Ethiopiques Restaurant in downtown Toronto.
The philosophy
The idea behind eating from the same plate illustrates the deep ties that bind family and friends, Hagos says.
“It’s to show our love for each other,” she says.
After we sit down at our table, owner and chef Enat Gulelat arrives with a large platter covered with food. It’s covered in injera, the traditional Ethiopian bread made with teff flour (the grain is particular to Ethiopia). Injera is a spongy bread with a slight sour taste. A little tricky to handle, injera adds texture and a measure of tang to the meal. On top are heaps of doro wat (chicken stew), misir (spiced lentils), kitfo (steak tartare), ayib (homemade cottage cheese), gomen (greens), key wot (beef stew), shiro (stew made from ground chickpeas and Ethiopian spices) and salad. There’s also an additional dish of cha cha tibs (sautéed lamb short ribs) and condiments including awaze (hot sauce made from berbere spice blend) and mitmita (a spicy pepper blend in powder form). The food is not particularly spicy in itself, but the condiments add a pleasant kick to the meal.
There’s so much here, you could feed a crowd and still have leftovers. And there’s something for every sensitive eater - that includes vegetarians, vegans and gluten-free types (teff is said to be gluten-free).
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i went on a 1st date with a young lady (40s) from Ethiopia and she started feeding me. at first i felt weird until she explained what its all about, then i sat back and enjoyed the experience. we were at a Greek restaurant so we got some strange looks from people there.👀👀👀.
You're one lucky dude
Why did you feel the need to include her age (40's)? Are still dating her now? Doubt it.
Ethiopian food is hands down my favorite. Ugh, it’s 6:30 am, and I’m craving this now. So good.
Love Ethiopian food and culture.
Next time add Eritrea aswell ur disrespecting
ያምራል እናት ቀጥይበት ባህላችን እየጠፉ ነው የትም ቢከድ እንደኛ አይነት ባህል አይገኝም
I like ethiopian food and people 💜💞💕
melina zh tanku 😘
melina zh thank you 😊
Ethiopians invented coffee
emmy yes indeed Buna invented in ethiopia
Yep
Right
emmy ik
Werewolffy so they're the one's to blame for making the worst thing in the entire world. Hmmm
I get the point of the video, but its funny some one telling an indian how to eat with one hand. ha ha
R3DF4NG
ikr 😆
I love Habesha food Eritrea & Ethiopia love from Eritrea to All the world
One & One love from Ethiopia #habesha4life
Love u from Ethiopia
It’s crazy how this is so close to how we(Mexicans) eat when we use a tortilla exactly how they pick it up we do too lol now I wish I can try some of this!!!
omg this looks soooooo perfect
Much respect !!! Nico ✍ from ethiopia
Thanks for sharing our beautiful culture, blessings.
So, "The Simpsons" got it right.
Lol... Yea
They always their research lol
Ethiopia’s getting so much love yay❤️🇪🇹❤️
Ethiopians have the best coffee ever!
Ocean Days of course they do
Ethiopian food is so good and I'm enjoying learning more about the customs ❤
አሪፍ ነው ባህላችንን ማስተዋወቅሽ ግን እንጀራችንን አታስለምጅ ከለመዱ አይቻሉም
Al De kkkkkkkkkk ayzon
Al De ክክክክክክክ ለዛውም ጤፍ ጣራ ንክቶዋል
😂😂😂😂
Al De 😃😃
Al De kkkkkkk
this is very nice. that food looks amazing!!
I am proud of y, that er introducing yr cultural food.👍👍👍♥️
Oh my gosh where is this restaurant located!!
Wish this place was still around. I used to go there
ethiopian food rocks
Mr Gola yes it does
በሰመአብ ምን ጉድ ነው እንደዚህ ዘፍዝፉችሁ ያቀረባችሁት ?መቼም አያውቁም ብላችሁ ነው? ይሄ የአገራችን የምግብ አቀራረብ አይደለም እትሪው ላይ የተደፉ ነውኮ የሚመሰለው
Workye KASSA 😂😂
hahahahahahah
Workye KASSA ene ledefabet btm nfkognal
Workye KASSA 😂😂😂
I am sorry, I dont buy the literal meaning of 'gursha' as 'feeding each other.'
It starts with the symbolic dish in a circle, notion of community/ familiness and in the family/ community you always expect, not only eating, but having communion. Then Gursha give it spiritual meaning to that togetherness- an act/ disposition of respect, closeness and love for that particular fellow person/s enagged in the act of eating together. I am sorry I disagree with the literal meaning of 'feeding one another.
In case I dine outside {Hotel}, I may invite someone close to my seat [whome I dont know, but waiting to eat or whatever] to eat withme when my meal was served. In this case, I will not give him/ her gursha!
let the world know the beautiful culture we have
Starbucks is Ethiopian coffee.
It's based off Ethiopian coffee
For a second it sounded like she said "black booty" and I was like ahh is that the inspiration behind the name? LOL
Kitura LMBOOOO
i think only Ethiopian and eritrean you have the same traditionally food
Alkhair Adam no bruh that's only ethiopian traditional food
Ethio Pian kehadi 👎
Alkhair Adam you got it. Don't listen to the guy below me. He forgets to take his meds sometimes or he is a mental institution skippie :-)
Yes That is true everything is same
yes we have bro
I wish i could try it. Looks very yummy
Good explanation keep it up girl!!
It's funny how that Ethiopian woman is telling the Indian woman how to eat with hands. 😂 I mean indians eat with their hands all the time 😎
Is like art, wow... I will never think to say that lol
How do you do it when you get to the part under the other food? Just went to an Ethiopian restaurant for the first time and we were a bit clumsy.
The Simpsons brought me to this video
Salman Ahmed march....said back to the car.. Bart said i wish lived in Ethiopia..ha ha ha
We had Ethiopian last night.... I forgot about only using the right hand. Thanks for the reminder.
Ethiopian man when they roast a coffee that more testy
not Happening not in a million years!
Ethiopian food is sooooo goooddd
That looks delicious
i had this before at a place in Dc and at first i made the mistake of trying to eat the injera plain😂
LOVELY STUNNING THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟🌟 DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜, AWESOME
well explained
Henok Belachew agree
Great job
Cool imma go try it
would I be allow to eat using utensils?
KA Ka actually you can but you need to have your own plate. Also the flat bread(injera) is difficult to deep it in the stew or other varities with fork or spoon.
Good job.
That's living baby ! thumbs up
Salute!
Just curious, how much did this plate cost? In the US, I would say $50 USD. In Ethiopia, I would say it's 1/10th of this.
guess round about 15 bucks
In US
Wow so good
How do you like engera
She got a hang of it immediately, cuz she's brown.
I wanna hand feed everyone. Good day from Australia :)
Ethiopians invented pop corn and coffee
MrSivram28 lol I hate coffee
Watermelon is also native to Ethiopia
@@enqrbit LOL watermelon is from india. Popcorn is from South America.
በጣም ደስ ይላል የሀገራችንን ምንነት በደንብ አስተዋውቁልን
So nice I like it
ትንሽ አቀራረቡ ቅርታ አለኝ በየአይነቸቶችን በመጣኑ ብታቀርቡት ደስ ይላል ለአይንም ለሚበላውም ሰው ይቅርታ ግን የግሌን አሰተያየት ነው አንዱ ሽሮም ብትሆን በመጠኑ ሲሆን ነው
This food isn't just ethiopian food it is etitrean food aswell.
አይአገሬ። አገር እደለለን በያገሩ እንከራተት አለን በሩዝ መብላት አጀቴ ቆሠለ ወላሂ በዱአአትርሡኝ
ልቤን እያመመኝነዉ😭😭😭
wow I like it
I love food
Nice
¿Los etíopes comen alguna vez sus alimentos con cucharas, tenedores o cuchillos? No quisiera compartir un plato de comida con otras personas como en este video porque tengo miedo de contagiar gérmenes a otras personas. Jajaja. Estaba en la tienda de comestibles el otro día y pedí algo en el bar. El joven no se puso los guantes y tuve que llamar su atención. Los otros miembros del personal detrás de la barra caliente llevaban guantes. Yo como perros calientes y hamburguesas con mis manos y, a veces, pollo frito. LOL Tengo muchos vecinos etíopes y debo aprender más sobre su cultura y por qué tantos etíopes han venido a los Estados Unidos o Washington, DC. He oído que ha habido una guerra en Etiopía durante años junto con la pobreza. Lo sé, muchos de los etíopes que viven en Washington, DC, tienen buena educación y muchos tienen títulos universitarios.
That is romantic
Eye love the spicy lentil as vegetarian.
I love me some ethiopian
Mike Nelson im here lol
So Ethiopian food goodness
ምነው የኔንም ያባቴም ሥም ሣይቀር መውሠድ ሌባ አያሠኝም ግን ክክክክክክክ
♥
Ethiopian cuisine almost gives indian cuisine vibes....
Not as flavourful.
እኔ ባገኝው ጥረግ አረጌ ነበረ የምበላው
ክክክ አኔ ሁነሸል እንዴ ዉይኔ እንዴ እንደ ነፈቀኝ 😥😍
አረ እኔም ሰየቸው ረሀቡን ለቀቀብኝ
Wow
Yame😋
Ethiopian girls most of them have similar hair style.
TheRealDeal no we dont
wowwww
Eritrean 🇪🇷
Simpsons brought me here
ዋው
That's a lot of food for two women are they both pregnant?
👍👍👍
sheklah tibbs!
በጣም ይመስጣል ቀጥይበት
Do Ethiopians ever eat any of their foods using spoons, forks, or knives? I would not want to share a plate of food with others like in this video because I have a fear of getting other people germs. LOL I was at the a grocery store the other day and I ordered something from the the hot bar. The young man did not put on gloves and I had to bring it to his attention. The other staff members behind the hot bar were wearing gloves. I eat hot dogs and hamburgers using my hands and sometimes fried chicken. LOL I have a lot of Ethiopian neighbors and I must learn more about their culture, and why so many Ethiopians have come to the United States or Washington, DC. I heard there has been a war in Ethiopia for years along with poverty. I do know, many of the Ethiopians living in the Washington, D.C. are well educated, and many have college degrees.
You can use utensils when eating genfo/ga'at. Genfo/Ga'at is a porridge. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ga%27at_food.jpg/1200px-Ga%27at_food.jpg
Ethiopians do use spoons(Munqya), forks(shuka) and knives(beella). Just not with injera.
Simpsons!!! Reference
I like Ethiopia food biyoutiful
😍😍😍
Eden..what's with your hair Shikorina
Im more of a indian food guy.
ዋውዋው
tha is good
tommy star boy just call me ትግራዋይ what are you doing here? You said that you hated Ethiopia!
ho good food
ያምራል፣ግን፣ይህን፣ሁሉእንጀራ፣ላድሰው
ሲያምርርርርርር
ዋውውውው እንብላ አይባልም እንደ
But it's very difficult not to lik your fingers! If you do its OK too!
♥♥♥♥♥♥😗😗😗😗😗😗
It’s just like the Indian culture no difference
Argaa keessaan
Maal si godhan hinaaftuu
F*ck sharing, give me ALL that.
was on the Simpson's
Eniaa ahhrwoi naag achi ahhrogit eqoobo beerr couch ahhrgi naawoii baak laagbaw naw noormit beecha seetog
Bexam des yelala gen aqerarebu beza kelk belay
ያንት ያለህ፥ ያ ጉርሻ ፉርሽ ነበር። እንዲያ የተቃፈፈ ጉርሻ ኣይቼ ኣላውቅም።
Beyayenetune lebechea yesega wetetoche lebecha
ንፍቅ ብሎኛል እፍፍ