Ga'at — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

A dense, smooth wheat flour porridge served with a well of spiced tesmi and berbere in the center, surrounded by yogurt.

Ingredients

1 Bring water and salt to a boil in a heavy pot over high heat.
2 Gradually add wheat flour while stirring vigorously with a strong wooden spoon to prevent lumps.
3 Continue stirring energetically for ten minutes as the mixture thickens into a very dense, smooth porridge.
4 Mound the porridge on a serving plate, make a deep well in the center with the back of a spoon.
5 Fill the well with melted tesmi mixed with berbere, and surround the porridge with spoonfuls of yogurt.
6 Eat by pinching pieces of porridge and dipping them into the spiced butter and yogurt.

Did You Know?

Ga'at is traditionally served to new mothers in Eritrea for forty days after giving birth, believed to restore strength and promote milk production.