🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Potato Alicha

Name: Potato Alicha
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 4 Potato; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 2 tbsp Niter Kibbeh; 1 tsp Berbere; 2 tsp Ground Turmeric

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Gentle turmeric alicha — potato without berbere heat, mellow and golden. Ready in 50 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato4
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
Berbere1 tsp
Ground Turmeric2 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Niter Kibbeh in a heavy casserole and brown the potato well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the potato out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the berbere.
3
Return the potato, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the berbere in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Potato Ethiopian dish | የድንች አልጫ ወጥ | ALICHA POTATO DISH · on YouTube