Chéchébsa or Kita Firfir is a spiced bread; simple to prepare and delicious; served as breakfast or snack with cafe au lait (coffee with milk).
Ingredients: [‘wheat flour’, ‘barley flour’, ‘butter’, ‘cardamom’, ‘baking powder’, ‘chili powder’, ‘salt and black pepper’, ‘water’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“1 1/2 cups wheat flour or 1 1/2 cups teff flour”,”1/2 cup barley flour”,”3 tablespoons butter (purfied or clarified)”,”1/4 teaspoon cardamom”,”1 teaspoon baking powder”,”1 tablespoon chili powder (Berbere)”,” salt and black pepper”,”2 cups water (or more)”]
Number of Servings: 3
Steps: [‘Place the wheat or teff, barley flour and baking powder in a bowl; mix it well; add to the flour a small amount of water, blend it with hand, gradually adding water, kneading it well until the dough is smooth and elastic.’, ‘In a non-stick medium pancake pan, place the dough; make it flat to cover the pan; using fork, make some small holes; cook it in a lower heat on both sides until golden and crusty.’, ‘Melt the butter in a lower heat; mix with chili pepper (berbere), false cardamom, black pepper and salt.’, ‘Remove the pan-baked bread (Kita) from the heat, cut it in very small pieces.’, ‘Mix the melted-spiced butter and the bread pieces until well combined. Serve it hot.’]