Name: Shredded flatbread with tomato sauce (Fir fir or Fit fit)
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: Injera, to serve Fit fit; 1 small cucumber, chopped; 1 tomato, chopped; 1 green chilli, chopped; ¼ red onion, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon olive oil; ½ teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 cup (220 g) Silsi; 2 cups (500 g) shredded Kicha, for Fir fir; 1 teaspoon vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Tekebash & Saba

By Saba Alemayoh

Published 2023

About

This dish is called Fir fir when made with kicha, and Fit fit when made with injera. When made with kicha, you can eat it with a spoon. When eating the fit fit, it is served on a bed of injera. The injera is used as a utensil to grab the fit fit mixture. This is usually enjoyed as a breakfast dish.

Ingredients

1 small cucumber, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
1 green chilli, chopped

Method

Mix the cucumber, tomato, chilli and onion in a bowl.

In another small bowl, mix the olive oil, salt, lemon juice and vinegar.

Put the silsi in a third bowl, and mix in the kicha, if making as fir fir.

Combine the cucumber mixture and oil mixture with the silsi mixture to serve.

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