Berbere Spice

Most of the berbere spice blends you can buy in the Global North are not authentic as the spices are prepared differently and the blends don’t contain the local herbs – the rue, besobila and Ethiopian rosemary, which are dried and prepared in a specific way. In Ethiopia, the preparation is a long process that begins by washing the whole cayenne peppers and all the spices, then drying them in the sun. Next you wash all the herbs, mix all the ingredients together with a big mortar, dry them i