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Misir wat

Misir wat

Red lentils stewed with onions, spices

Pasta

Pasta

Served with stewed meat, vegetables, injera

Samaki

Samaki

Stewed, grilled, dried, curried, fried

Sambusa

Sambusa

Meat pie, savory pastry filled with meat, vegetables, potatoes, lentils

Shiro

Shiro

Chickpea or broad bean sauce or porridge, made with vegetables, tomatoes, spices, served thick (shiro tagamino) or thin (shiro wat, shiro wot), serve with injera flatbread

Sik sik wat

Sik sik wat

Spicy stewed beef, beef stewed in red pepper paste

Stewed chicken

Stewed chicken

Stewed meat

Stewed meat

Stewed tripe

Stewed tripe

Telba wot

Telba wot

Stewed flax seeds with vegetables and chili peppers

Tibs

Tibs

Spicy pan-fried meat such as beef, lamb, goat, chicken, fish, vegetables, serve with injera, niter kibeh, yogurt, herbs

Tikil gomen

Tikil gomen

Stewed cabbage, may also include potato, carrot, onion, garlic, turmeric

Wat

Wat

Stewed meat and vegetables, prepared with beef, chicken, lamb, vegetables, collard greens

Yataklete kilkil

Yataklete kilkil

Stewed vegetables with ginger, chili peppers, niter kibbeh

Yetsom beyaynetu

Yetsom beyaynetu

Vegetarian mixed plate or combination platter with lentil and split pea stews, misir wat, alecha kik, mesir kik, kale (gomen), a spicy tomato stew (sils)

Zilzil alicha

Zilzil alicha

Beef strips in a green chili pepper sauce, made with green chili peppers, bell peppers, onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, salt and pepper

Awaze

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Awaze

Spicy chili paste made with berbere, senafitch mustard seed, olive oil, water and araki alcohol

Ayib

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Ayib

Fresh curd cheese, made with milk, lemon juice, salt and pepper

Berbere

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Berbere

A spice blend or paste made with chili peppers, peppercorns, coriander, cumin, cardamom, fenugreek, cloves, paprika, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, garlic, used in many dishes

Buticha

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Buticha

Chickpea or fava bean dip or spread, made with onion, chili peppers, garlic, mustard, lemon juice

Chiko

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Chiko

No-bake snack made with roasted barley flour and clarified butter

Chufa

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Chufa

Roots from the sedge plant, eaten as snacks, ground into a powder to make horchata

Dabo

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Dabo

Loaf bread, traditionally cooked inside false banana leaves in a large pot over a fire, made with wheat flour, barley, teff, sorgum, millet, several different types

Dabo kolo

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Dabo kolo

Small pieces of baked or fried dough, made with berbere spices, sugar, eaten as a snack

Ensete

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Ensete

Fatira

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Fatira

Wheat flour flatbread, serve filled with scrambled eggs, savory meat filling, vegetables, honey

Green salad

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Green salad

Romaine lettuce salad with lemon and oil or vinegar and oil dressing

Himbasha

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Himbasha

Spongy sweet celebration flatbread, made with cardamom, raisins, sesame seeds, ginger, common on special occasions such as Christmas

Honey

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Honey

Bore honey, Rira honey, Tigray white honey, Wenchi volcano honey

Injera

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Injera

Fermented flatbread made from teff (a type of grain) and used to scoop or pinch off food from a large shared platter

Katenga

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Katenga

Fresh injera flatbread topped with a mixture of clarified butter, berbere spices, mitmita spices and salt

Keye sir

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Keye sir

Beet salad with potatoes, onions and carrots in a lemon and oil dressing

Koch-kocha

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Koch-kocha

A sauce or paste made from green chili peppers and spices

Kocho

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Kocho

Dense flatbread made with fermented enset (false-banana)

Kolo

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Kolo

Spiced roasted barley, a snack, the barley may also be mixed with peanuts, chickpeas, seeds and nuts

Mekelesha

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Mekelesha

Made with black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, cloves, nutmeg, long pepper, used with wot (wat), alicha, stews

Mitin shiro

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Mitin shiro

Spice mix made with chickpea and pea flour and spices such as berbere, garlic, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, bishop's weed

Mitmita

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Mitmita

A spice blend of chili peppers, cardamom, used with gored gored, dulet

Nefro

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Nefro

Boiled and salted mix of wheat and chickpeas

Niter kibbeh

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Niter kibbeh

Spiced clarified butter, used in many dishes

Popcorn

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Popcorn

Popcorn is eaten many different ways: plain, salted, mixed with many different ingredients, topped with, for example, butter, caramel, cheese

Quanta

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Quanta

Spiced beef jerky

Sambusa

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Sambusa

Meat pie, savory pastry filled with meat, vegetables, potatoes, lentils

Tihlo

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Tihlo

Roasted barley flour dumplings served with spicy stewed meat, berbere

Timatim

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Timatim

Spicy chopped tomato and vegetable salad, made either with broken up pieces of injera or without injera

Wakalim

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Wakalim

Fermented beef sausage made with spices, garlic, onion, salt, popular at celebrations and marriage feasts

Yemarina yewotet dabo

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Yemarina yewotet dabo

Spiced honey bread

Bread

Bread

Coffee

Coffee

Rice

Rice

Tea

Tea

Dalok

Dalok

Pihlohlo

Pihlohlo

Pihlohlo mwehng

Pihlohlo mwehng

Boiled taro topped with caramelized sugar

Unounet

Unounet

Candy made with luush (coconut sap molasses), ground copra and coconut

Beer

Beer

Coconut water

Coconut water

Coffee

Coffee

Domar

Domar

Young coconut in sweetened coconut juice

Kava

Kava

A beverage made from the powdered roots of the kava plant, known for its sedating effects

Lime juice

Lime juice

Noni juice

Noni juice

Juice made from Morinda citrifolia fruit

Tea

Tea

Canned fish

Canned fish

Canned meat

Canned meat

Corned beef, Spam

Canned tuna and string beans

Canned tuna and string beans

Ceviche

Ceviche

Raw fish, serve with limes and pepper sauce

Chicken

Chicken

Clam

Clam

Crab

Crab

Curry

Curry

Dog

Dog

Fish

Fish

Sashimi, grilled, kelaguen

Fishcake

Fishcake

Pan-fried patty of fish with bread crumbs, herbs and spices

Fruit bat

Fruit bat

Fruit bat soup

Fruit bat soup

Goat

Goat

Ham

Ham

Cured cut of pork leg, roasted, smoked, baked

Kelaguen

Kelaguen

Meat, seafood or fish marinated in a citrus juice and coconut sauce, made with beef, chicken, crab, fish (guihan), octopus, shrimp (uhang), Spam, venison (binådu)

Kosraean soup

Kosraean soup

Soup made with reef fish, crab, lobster, rice and coconut milk

Octopus

Octopus

Pork

Pork

Ramen

Ramen

Noodle soup with meat, seafood, vegetables, there are over 30 distinct regional ramen types in Japan

Sashimi

Sashimi

Thinly sliced raw fish, commonly served with, for example, soy sauce, daikon, ginger, shiso, sauces, or enhanced with marinades, other types of meat can also be used

Sea birds

Sea birds

Seafood

Seafood

Clams, crabs, fish, octopus, sea birds, shark, shellfish, turtles

Shark

Shark

Note: Shark can be high in mercury, and is a threatened species in some locations around the world.

Shellfish

Shellfish

Turkey tail

Turkey tail

Turkey tail has an international exportation market in places such as Micronesia, Samoa, and Ghana. The turkey tail is commonly exported from America because it is considered unhealthy and cut off the normal turkey. After World War II, cheap imported turkey tails became popular in Samoa. Because the cut has a very high fat content, it was banned from 2007 to 2013 to combat obesity, only allowed back when Samoa joined the World Trade Organization.

Turtle

Turtle

Amaten uuch

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Amaten uuch

Ground banana and coconut milk

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Ap

Ground steamed bananas

Arrowroot

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Arrowroot

Ground into flour and used to make bread, biscuits, cake, jelly, sauces

Banana

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Banana

Common varieties are karat and uht en yap

Banana fritters

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Banana fritters

Betel nut

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Betel nut

Mixed with white lime powder and chewed, may also includ mustard bean

Bo'oy nge marew

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Bo'oy nge marew

Bread

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Bread

Breadfruit

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Breadfruit

Roasted and pounded (mahi lihli, ulu poi), cooked in an earth oven, mixed with coconut milk, sliced and fried, fermented

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