How to Eat Ethiopian Food

Beginner 20 min 16 steps 3731 views Rating: 4.9/5 Published: 2026-02-12

Wash your hands. Use your right hand to handle food.. Eat the food closest to you to avoid reaching across the table.

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Wash your hands

Step 1

Wash your hands

2

Use your right hand to handle food.

Step 2

Use your right hand to handle food.

3

Eat the food closest to you to avoid reaching across the table.

Step 3

Eat the food closest to you to avoid reaching across the table.

4

Avoid licking your fingers while eating.

Step 4

Avoid licking your fingers while eating.

5

Take turns reaching into communal trays.

Step 5

Take turns reaching into communal trays.

6

Let the eldest members at the table eat first.

Step 6

Let the eldest members at the table eat first.

7

Feed others food as a sign of respect.

Step 7

Feed others food as a sign of respect.

8

Tear off a strip of the injera.

Step 8

Tear off a strip of the injera.

9

Scoop up meat, sauce, or vegetables with the injera.

Step 9

Scoop up meat, sauce, or vegetables with the injera.

10

Squeeze the injera together as you move it to your mouth.

Step 10

Squeeze the injera together as you move it to your mouth.

11

Tear and eat the injera exposed underneath the food.

Step 11

Tear and eat the injera exposed underneath the food.

12

Use berbere to spice up food.

Step 12

Use berbere to spice up food.

13

Eat wat as a spicy stew with injera.

Step 13

Eat wat as a spicy stew with injera.

14

Choose kitfo if you don't mind eating raw meat.

Step 14

Choose kitfo if you don't mind eating raw meat.

15

Order tibs for sauteéd meat similar to fajitas.

Step 15

Order tibs for sauteéd meat similar to fajitas.

16

Have fir-fir or fit-fit for a common breakfast food.

Step 16

Have fir-fir or fit-fit for a common breakfast food.

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