🇪🇹 Ethiopian Vegetarian

Beetroot Kitfo-Style

Name: Beetroot Kitfo-Style
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; handful, torn Fresh Cilantro; 1, juiced Lemon; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 tbsp Niter Kibbeh; 4 Beetroot; 1 tsp Mitmita; 100 g Ayib Cheese

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Kitfo-style — beetroot minced fine with mitmita and spiced butter, ayib alongside. 15 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Fresh Cilantrohandful, torn
Lemon1, juiced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
Beetroot4
Mitmita1 tsp
Ayib Cheese100 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the beetroot — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the beetroot with the onion, fresh cilantro and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

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: የቀይ ሥር ክትፎ (Beetroot Kitfo) · on YouTube