Ethiopian food, Injera and Tej 😄👍

Injera and Wat

Have you ever had Ethiopian food before? It was my first time eating Ethiopian food. There are a few Ethiopian restaurants in Stockholm, Sweden. So, I decided to go to one of the Ethiopian restaurants, Gojo Restaurang in Stockholm.

Gojo
https://www.gojorestaurang.se/

I ordered Ingera with Wat which was my friend´s recommendation. According to Wikipedia, "Ingera" is "Injera (Amharic: እንጀራ, ənǧära, [ɨndʒəra]; (Oromo: Biddeena; Tigrinya: Tai’ta; Somali: Canjeero) is a sour fermented flatbread with a slightly spongy texture, traditionally made of teff flour. " - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injera

And, Wat is "Wat or Wot (Amharic: ወጥ, IPA: [wətʼ]) or Tsebhi (Tigrinya: ጸብሒ, IPA: [sʼɐbħi]) is an Ethiopian and Eritrean stew that may be prepared with chicken, beef, lamb, a variety of vegetables, spice mixtures such as berbere, and niter kibbeh, a seasoned clarified butter." - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_(food)

This is how to make Ingera - Youtube

This is how to make Wat - Youtube

The taste was very unique and new to me. Ingera has some sour flavor which was very good with the creamy taste of Wat. It was my first time eating Ingera, so I was surprised that it was a fermented good, well, the flour they used is fermented. That is why it has some sourness in the taste, which makes the food very unique. The food which I ordered had different kinds of Wat on my dish. The main taste was creamy and a buttery flavor, yet it also has some spicy taste which came from the stewed chicken. It was very very tasty!

My friend recommended me eating it with my fingers. And, I did as my friend explained how to eat as an Ethiopian person. It was a lot difficult than I actually expected. But, it was a lot of fun eating it with fingers. It was tasty if I ate Injera with Wat mixed so that it was practical to use fingers to mix them. 😄👍

Tej

According to Wikipedia (again! lol!), Tej is "Tej (from Amharic: ጠጅ, pronounced [ˈtʼədʒ]) is a honey wine, like mead, that is brewed and consumed in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It has an alcohol content generally ranging from 7 to 11%.[1] It is often home-processed and consists of three main ingredients; honey, water and a medicinal shrub called Rhamnus prinoides [gesho].[2] " - Wikiepdia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tej

I did not know that the Ethiopians also make mead like alcohol. Ang, Tej really tasted like mead. It was a nice discovery that there is a connection between Swedish cuisine and Ethiopian cuisine. When I went to the Swedish market the other day, we purchased a lot of honey to make mead. So, I hope I can upload pictures when I make mead someday later.