Injera (Ethiopian Teff Flatbread)

Name: Injera (Ethiopian Teff Flatbread)
Cook time: 1440 min
Yield: 6 servings

Alicha Begie and chicken, typical cusine from Eritrea ? Photo by Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons

Injera is a flatbread eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is made with teff flour. Teff is a tiny round grain that is grown in the highlands of Eritrea and highlands of Ethiopia. While teff is very nutritious, pure teff flour contains no gluten, and little else in the way of binding proteins. This makes teff ill-suited for making raised bread; however injera still takes advantage of the special properties of fermentation, which gives it an airy, bubbly texture, and also a sour taste.

Cooking time: 1440 minutes
Servings: 6

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