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Potato Atakilt
🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Potato Atakilt

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Hearty and humble: potato braised with vegetables until the broth turns silky and every spoonful comforts. 50 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Potato4
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Cabbage1/2
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
  • Berbere1 tsp
  • Ground Turmeric1 tsp

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Niter Kibbeh in a heavy casserole and brown the potato well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the potato out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the berbere.

  3. 3

    Return the potato, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 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: Atakilt Wat - Ethiopian Cabbage Potato Carrots 1 Pot | Vegan Richa Recipes · on YouTube