Ethiopian Food - The ONE DISH You Have To Eat in ETHIOPIA

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One of my main missions when I visited Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was to learn about how to cook what is for sure one of the most special of all Ethiopian foods: doro wat (. Of course, they do serve it at restaurants in Addis Ababa, but theres nothing like seeing the entire process of a dish, especially a stew like doro wat from start to finish, beginning with a chicken, and finishing by eating. Its a very complicated dish to make, and it takes utmost care and time. I want to say a huge thank you to Belaneh and his family for graciously inviting us to their home and for cooking the most amazing doro wat - or even Ethiopian food meal - ever. What is doro wat (? Doro means chicken and wat means stew - so its an Ethiopian chicken stew. Its a very special dish to eat in Ethiopia, not an everyday food because it takes so much time to prepare properly. As many Ethiopians told me, its a dish they often eat when family comes together, and during special holidays and religious days. I would go as far as saying Doro Wat is one of the best dishes in the world. The complexity yet harmony of spices, the richness, the contrast of taste when paired with injera - your taste buds will be blown off your tongue Thank you to Bela and his incredible family, they took no shortcuts on making doro wat, and beyond the delicious food, it was so extremely special to get to know them and hang out with them. We first went to the fresh wet market in Addis Ababa to buy a chicken, the live chicken. We then gathered a few more ingredients, including the chopped red onions, which is the main component of doro wat sauce, and went back to Belas home. Butchering a chicken in Ethiopian, due to some of the Ethiopian Orthodox traditions, needs to be butchered in a certain way, and washed and cleaned many times. It was by far the most cleansed chicken Ive ever seen or eaten. The onions simmered for a few hours before we started adding in the berbere blend spice and finally the chicken went in to brew with the amazing spices. To eat Ethiopian food, you first typically build a plate or platter of injera, and then scoop the food onto the injera. We all shared a platter and scooped on the beautiful doro wat. It was unbelievably delicious, so rich and packed with spice
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Cheyenne Hunter
Mark, I love your videos so much You smile, all the time and you pronounce things beautifully, you describe the food and aromas so well that it's like I can smell and taste them right through my laptop. You have a great energy and your videos are filmed beautifully, I love going on adventures with you. I am basically house bound on disability but I feel like I get to travel all over with you and your family, your wife and son are beautiful. Thank you so much
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Mide Songz
The best way to live your life to the maximum IMO is how Mark is living his. Not only is he travelling to see the world, which in itself is the best part of it, eating the cuisines locally of the places tops it off. You understand life a lot better, people like him, Tony Bourdain, god rest is soul and David Attenborough are people who have, and living life to the best.
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Ulrich Rechenbach
Love the show, however I have just one problem. I've seen so much plastic and styrofoam as packaging for the street food. As a public figure, is there anyway you could instigate some change by recommending more sustainable packaging, or at least bring your own container to take the food away in?
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Lenon Lourenco
Your videos have changed my life. They inspired me so much more to learn how to cook these dishes which are amazing. But even learning would not be the same experience than travelling and finding out by yourself how those taste like. Keep going the good job Mark
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lee smith
i both love mark and hate him at the same dam time, i love him for showing us such good food and hate him because he gets to try it and i dont, it especially annoys the hell outa me when im starting to get hungry: P
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Lalem Ejigu
This must be a really traditional way of cooking it because we make it differently in the city the blowing with a pipe was completely new to me and no one really cuts them into 12 pieces and no one uses yeast
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Bridget Armstrong
I tried that bread and I can't eat it by itself I have to eat it with the food cuz I really don't like to eat it. Im gonna go to an Ethiopian restaurant and ask for that dish Looks soooooooo good
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Gabriel Mendoza
Def one of my favorite videos by you Great experience and would def love to visit that place someday. Thank you, Mark, for making life that much better for all of us. WE love you
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Khomotso Sekoaila
Am in South Africa, Mpumalanga and I have Ethiopian friends they are like family. They invited me a few times were we dinned with Doro wat and ingera. I enjoyed them lots.
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kori harrismon
I can't imagine eating food that's prepared outside without a lid. Bugs and flies be up in thereUse a countertop stove and a decent pot or pan with a lid. Then I'm there
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