Ethiopia Food

Ilbet is a delicious dish eaten with injera or bread.

Utensils:
2 medium cooking pans
medium mixing bowl
deep serving bowl
mortar and pestle
strainer

Elements of Broad beans flour/Ilbet Broad beans flour:
1 cup extensive bens
1 cup sun flower seeds
2 Tbsp. oil
1 tsp. garlic
1 tsp. ginger
5 cups water
to taste salt

How to prepare Broad beans flour
Boil sun flower seeds in 3 cups of water for 5-10 minutes. Discard water and pound sunflower seeds. In a mixing bowl put in the pounded sun flower seeds and 2 cups of water and rub by way of the hand. When mixture is to some extent thick strain. Keep sun flower water in a bowl and throw out the seed. In a medium cooking pan boil 1 cup of widespread beans with the sun flower seeds water in low heat for 5 minutes adding 2 Tbsp. oil and stimulate well. Put mixture in a deep serving bowl and add garlic, ginger, salt and mix well until smooth. Store in refrigerator covered. Serve chilly. Serves 6-12.

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