Posho and Beans

At Kibebe Primary School and almost every other primary school in Uganda, ‘posho and beans’ is the lunchtime meal, eaten by everyone, every day of the week, for as long as anyone can remember. Posho is a Ugandan staple, made by ‘mingling’ maize flour with water until it becomes something that resembles a solid lump of…

Genfo with ‘Sili’s Sauce’

Sili making ‘bunna’ (Ethiopian coffee) This bad boy breakfast dish comes from Sili, who is one half of the dream team at Mulu Ecolodge and responsible for making a simple sauce of onions, garlic, niter kibbeh (Ethiopian spiced butter) and berbere taste so good that it has been affectionately renamed ‘Sili sauce’. The breakfast dish…

How to make injera, Mulu Ecolodge style

This blog is about the most famous Ethiopian cuisine – the ‘injera’. Nailing down a recipe for injera has been surprisingly tough, whenever I have asked people about exact quantities or timings, the response has been frustratingly vague, “you just know” or “you have to feel it in your heart”. Ingredients change depending on where…

Toyibajarnal’s ‘Special’ Ful with Spicy Tea

  Toyibajarnal in her kitchen during the breakfast rush This next recipe is a great little breakfast dish called ful, that’s made using fava (broad) beans, tomatoes and spices and eaten with great hunks of fresh bread and a sweet spicy tea. Ful is popular in loads of different Middle Eastern and African countries so…