Spices & Food

Berbere

spice mixture whose constituent elements usually include chili peppers, coriander, garlic, ginger, Ethiopian holy basil (besobela)

Mitmita

hot spice bend made of chili peppers, garlic, cardamom, salt, white cumin, white cumin

Awaze

Awaze paste is a spicy Ethiopian seasoning paste made from berbere spice, ground bird’s eye peppers, honey mead and spiced butter.

Mitin Shiro

spicy blend of sun-dried finely ground chickpeas, spices and is made gently hot with the addition of Ethiopian red pepper

Shiro

powdered chickpeas or broad bean meal and often prepared with the addition of minced onions, garlic

Ethiopian Clarified Butter

clarifying butter that has been infused with herbs and spices

Grounded Gesho

Leaves of Rhamnus prinoides (Gesho)

Wood Part Gesho

wood of Rhamnus prinoides

Roasted Barley