injera
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injera (countable and uncountable, plural injeras)
A pancake-like flatbread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional food of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and the Nuer people of Sudan.
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Although the last listing -- World Food Warehouse -- is a large international market known for Middle Eastern goods, it sells Ethiopian products too, including freshly baked injera.
Similarly, telba, or flax seed, wears many hats, including as a savory base for an injera salad.
When eating injera, a person uses his or her right hand to strip off a piece, wraps it around some wat or kitfo, and then puts it into his or her mouth.
Teff is used to make injera or canjeero (Somali) bread.
This meal, consisting of injera and several kinds of wat (stew), is typical of Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
“I didn’t know it was so sought after … I am of Ethiopian origin; I’ve been eating injera all my life.”