Niter Kibbeh: Ethiopian Spiced Butter

"Recipe courtesy Woine, Taste of Ethiopia, Austin, TX"
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
9 cups
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ingredients

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directions

  • Melt the butter on low heat in a large pot.
  • Blend together the bishop seeds, cardamom seeds and black cumin until powder form using coffee grinder or food processor.
  • Pour into the butter. Add the dried koseret.
  • Bring to a boil then simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and cool. When room temperature, skim the frothy milk solids off of the top. Carefully pour the clear, clarified butter into a large storage container.

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Tweaks

  1. Change the cardamom out for kororima, which is very different, but similar to cardamom. Also add beso bela, a cinnamon stick, a pinch of mekelesha, and a pinch of tumeric. a large onion and a whole head of garlic are 100% necessary.
     

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