Ethiopian Flat Bread (Injera) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3 cups self-rising flour
    1/2 cup whole wheat flour
    1/2 cup cornmeal
    1 tablespoon active dry yeast
    3 1/2 cups warm water
Preparation
    Mix everything together to form a batter.
    Let set in large bowl, covered, an hour or longer, until batter rises and becomes stretchy.
    It can sit as long as 3-6 hours.
    When ready, stir batter if liquid has settled on bottom.
    Then whip in blender, 2 cups of batter at a time, thinning it with 1/2 - 3/4 cup water.
    Batter will be quite thin.
    Cook in non-stick frypan WITHOUT OIL (is that a great instruction or what?) over medium or medium-high heat.
    Use 1/2 cup batter per injera for a 12-inch pan or 1/3 cup batter for a 10-inch pan.
    Pour batter in heated pan and quickly swirl pan to spread batter as thin as possible.
    Batter should be no thicker than 1/8-inch.
    Do not turn over.
    Injera does not easily stick or burn.
    It is cooked through when bubbles appear all over the top.
    Lay each injera on a clean towel for a minute or two, then stack in covered dish to keep warm.
    Finished injera will be thicker than a crepe, but thinner than a pancake.

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