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Hilbet

Name: Hilbet
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Eritrea
Ingredients: 100g Chickpea flour; 50g Red lentils; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 600ml Water; 1 tsp Berbere spice blend

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fava bean and lentil flour whipped into a smooth paste — an Eritrean fasting-day dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Hilbet is a uniquely Eritrean dish: fava bean and lentil flour is cooked with fenugreek and garlic and whipped into a fluffy, pale paste. It's eaten with injera and a chili sauce (dakus). It's often made on Orthodox fasting days.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a fasting day in an Eritrean home, a bowl of pale, fluffy bean paste is served with red chili sauce and injera.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chickpea flour 100g
Red lentils 50g
Garlic 2 cloves
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 600ml
Berbere spice blend 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Simmer the red lentils in 400ml water for 20 minutes until soft.
Add the chickpea flour dissolved in 200ml water and cook 10 minutes, stirring.
Add the grated garlic, salt, and lemon juice.
Whisk until pale and fluffy.
Serve with a chili sauce of oil mixed with berbere.

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