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Himbasha

Name: Himbasha
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Eritrea
Ingredients: 400g Bread flour; 6g Dry yeast; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Cardamom powder; 1/2 tsp Fennel Seed; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 250ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

A round cardamom-scented bread etched with a wheel pattern — Eritrea's celebration bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Himbasha is a celebration bread of Eritrea and Ethiopia: dough scented with cardamom, fennel, and a little sugar is spread into a round, its surface carved with a wheel-like pattern, and baked. It's baked for birthdays, weddings, and religious holidays and served with the coffee ceremony.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a festive day in an Eritrean home, a round bread carved with a radiating pattern comes out of the oven and is set beside the charcoal where the coffee is ready.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Bread flour 400g
Dry yeast 6g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Cardamom powder 1 tsp
Fennel Seed 1/2 tsp
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Water 250ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the bread flour, yeast, sugar, salt, spices, oil, and lukewarm water and let rise 1 hour.
Spread the dough into a round about 25cm across and place in a frying pan or on a baking sheet.
With a knife, draw a small circle in the center, cut lines radiating from it, and carve a lattice pattern.
Rest 30 minutes.
Cover and cook on low on both sides, or bake at 180°C for 25 minutes.

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