🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Carrots Firfir

Name: Carrots Firfir
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; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 2 tbsp Niter Kibbeh; 1 tsp Berbere; 3, torn Injera

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Firfir — carrots folded through berbere sauce and torn injera, breakfast of champions. Ready in 50 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
Berbere1 tsp
Injera3, torn

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Niter Kibbeh in a heavy casserole and brown the carrots well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the carrots out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the berbere.
3
Return the carrots, 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: የካሮት ፍርፍር አሰራር/Ethiopian food Carrot Firfir Recipe · on YouTube