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Enkutatash

The Ethiopian New Year, the day of the "gift of jewels", with doro wat, injera and coffee roasted and served in the ceremony.

This photo has been taken in the country: Ethiopia
Photo: Nati Tad, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Spices for Enkutatash

Enkutatash falls in September when the rains end and the fields bloom with yellow flowers. Families cook doro wat, kitfo with mitmita, a hot chilli blend, and spiced lentil dishes served on injera, then finish with the coffee ceremony: beans roasted, ground and brewed in a clay jebena, with incense, popcorn and sometimes cardamom or clove. Berbere and mitmita are blended afresh at home each year by many households, so the new year brings new spice.

The spices

BerbereBlended fresh for the year.MitmitaA hotter Ethiopian blend with bird's eye chilli.CardamomSometimes added to coffee.
About this page

Written by the EveryMasala desk with AI assistance. Background: "Enkutatash" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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