Injera ("sour Dough") (ethopia) Recipe
Yield: 3 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup: Unbleached white flour,
2 1/2 cup: Warm water,
1/2 cup: Self rising flour,
1/2 tsp: Baking soda,
1/4 cup: Whole wheat bread flour,
1/2 tsp: Salt,
1 package: Dry yeast, about 1 Tablespoon
Directions:
Combine the flours and yeast in a ceramic or glass bowl. Add the warm
water and mix into a fairly thin, smooth batter. Let the mixture sit
for three full days at room temperature. Stir the mixture once a
day. It will bubble and rise.
When you are ready to make the injera, add the baking soda and salt
and let the batter sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
Heat a small, nonstick 9 inch skillet. When a drop of water bounces
on the pans surface, take about 1/3 cup of the batter and pour it in
the skillet quickly, all at once. Swirl the pan so that the entire
bottom is evenly coated, then return to the heat.
The injera is cooked on only one side and the bottom should not
brown. When the moisture has evaporated and lots of "eyes" appear on
the surface, remove the injera. Let each injera cool and then stack
them as you go along.
If the first injera is undercooked, try using less of the mixture,
perhaps 1/4 cup, and maybe cook it just a bit longer. Be sure not to
overcook it.
Injera should be soft and pliable so that it can be rolled or folded
like a crepe.
Copied from "Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant", the Moosewood
Collective, ISBN 0-671-67989-9.
Comment from the book: Injera is a pliable, slightly fermented flat
bread unique to the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is an
indispensable accompaniment to wet, the Ethiopian stew. Made of
teff, a member of the millet family, injera is light, with a
somewhat spongy texture. Teff is not readily available here, so I
have substituted wheat flour. Although an imitation, this recipe
approximates the real thing and is well worth the effort and the
advance preparation.
Comment from the Shipps: Ditto -- this bread is a major part of the
meal. The fermentation gives the bread a very nice flavor, not unlike
our sour dough bread. It is a must for the Ethiopian stews. It
would go well with other similar foods.
from Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md.
Submitted By JR BYERS On 12-03-94
Source from luhu.jp
water and mix into a fairly thin, smooth batter. Let the mixture sit
for three full days at room temperature. Stir the mixture once a
day. It will bubble and rise.
When you are ready to make the injera, add the baking soda and salt
and let the batter sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
Heat a small, nonstick 9 inch skillet. When a drop of water bounces
on the pans surface, take about 1/3 cup of the batter and pour it in
the skillet quickly, all at once. Swirl the pan so that the entire
bottom is evenly coated, then return to the heat.
The injera is cooked on only one side and the bottom should not
brown. When the moisture has evaporated and lots of "eyes" appear on
the surface, remove the injera. Let each injera cool and then stack
them as you go along.
If the first injera is undercooked, try using less of the mixture,
perhaps 1/4 cup, and maybe cook it just a bit longer. Be sure not to
overcook it.
Injera should be soft and pliable so that it can be rolled or folded
like a crepe.
Copied from "Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant", the Moosewood
Collective, ISBN 0-671-67989-9.
Comment from the book: Injera is a pliable, slightly fermented flat
bread unique to the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is an
indispensable accompaniment to wet, the Ethiopian stew. Made of
teff, a member of the millet family, injera is light, with a
somewhat spongy texture. Teff is not readily available here, so I
have substituted wheat flour. Although an imitation, this recipe
approximates the real thing and is well worth the effort and the
advance preparation.
Comment from the Shipps: Ditto -- this bread is a major part of the
meal. The fermentation gives the bread a very nice flavor, not unlike
our sour dough bread. It is a must for the Ethiopian stews. It
would go well with other similar foods.
from Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md.
Submitted By JR BYERS On 12-03-94
Source from luhu.jp