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Mitmita

A fierce Ethiopian chilli powder: bird's eye chilli ground with korarima, salt and sometimes clove.

fierce · hot · warm

What to do with it

Classics built on it

If you can't find it

Ethiopian grocers.

  1. 1Homemade mitmita
    Hot ground chilli with cardamom, clove and salt
    You lose little.

Goes with

Knowing it

Where to buy
Ethiopian and Eritrean grocers.
Worth knowing
Served with kitfo and for dipping — much hotter than berbere, so go by the pinch.

Kitchens that keep it in

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