ETHIOPIAN NEW YEAR

What a coincidence that this weekend was the Ethiopian New Year and I cooked a traditional Ethiopian dish with injera, something that Eden has dearly missed. 

After having our friends here last weekend, we talked about injera (it's like a big sourdough pancake).  When Cade and I were in Ethiopia eating their traditional food, we both decided it must be something that you grow accustomed to eating and you grow accustomed to their spices, much like any other food (Thai, Indian, Mexican) although the spice that they use in Ethiopia (berbere) is quite spicy smelly  (I could go on that thought for some time!!). 

Our friends, Mallie and Adrian, sent us a surprise package in the mail and was I ever surprised to open the box and find injera in the box!!  What a thoughtful gesture, as we had just talked about how much Eden misses injera and I had hopes of finding her some (without going to all the trouble of making it myself!)

Eden was so surprised, she kept saying,
"OH MY GOODNESS,  OH MY GOODNESS!!"

a very happy girl

little Bear was pretty happy too!

injera

The first night after we got the injera in the
mail we had spaghetti and Eden went right
 back to ET way with her injera, eating the
 spaghetti with her fingers with her injera!! 

homemade berbere

I made crockpot dorowat to eat with the injera!

 I wanted to add this video of Eden talking about the injera!!  She was very pleased even if she thought it did taste different than when she was in ET.  I want to share the spices that are in the berbere.  It is very easy!  The recipe came from Mary Osten's cookbook FAMILY FEASTS for $75 a WEEK.
Easy Berbere:
1/4 cup cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground tumeric