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Where to Buy Ethiopian Spices, Beer & Coffee

Please use your own discretion in deciding to purchuse goods.

Ethiopian Consulate

Graham Romanes keeps a store of fresh Berebere for sale at the Ethiopian Consulate.

There is always a store of fresh (unroasted beans) coffee and now includes (roasted) Free Trade coffee from Ethiopia.

The berebere is brought in directly from Ethiopia, not made in Australia.

Contact him to ask about costs, delivery, quantities available (etc) Email

Carma Cellars

An independent fine wine and liquor store located at ...

291 Park Street, South Melbourne, 3205.

Ph/Fax: 03 96996460

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They carry an extensive range of wines, liquor and beer, including the delightfully refreshing Castell, St George and Bati from Ethiopia.

They can ship beer or wine anywhere in Australia (Australia Post).

They also stock Ethiopian coffee - beans or ground (or raw).

Ethiopia Import

Imports most Ethiopian foods like...

• Berbere (Ground Paperika),
• Shiro (Ground Pea),
• Teff (Ground teff flour to make injera),
• Mineral Water (Ambo),
• Harar Beer (Popular Ethiopia Beer) and
• Spring Water.

All the items are directly imported from Ethiopa.

Contact Tesfaye Tefera

07 3217 00 80

0421 481 934

email tefera-e@bigpond.net.au

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Satooz

South African food can be ordered on line. website

Injera

We can now buy injera at a shop at Moorooka (southside of Brisbane):

Red Sea Grocery

173 Beaudesert Road

Moorooka Q 4105

3848 8039

It is a good idea to ring and order it.

They work 7 days a week from 8:30am – 5:30pm

except Friday (Muslim holy day) when they start at 8:30am, close at 12 noon, open again at 2:30 and close again 7pm.

Ethiopian Beer

If you're interested, you may also find restaurants that stock two Ethiopian beers that are imported - The St George is a lively, fragrant lager, while the Bedele, an Ethiopian pilsener, is deep gold in colour and has a maltier finish.

The other option is to get it straight from Girma who imports Bedele Beer. At the moment (2006), he has Bedele Beer which is approximately $45 for one carton (24 stubbies).

The contact details are:

Girma (Sydney) - Mob: 0432 046 877

Solomon (Melbourne) - Mob: 0402 758 885

Ethiopian and other African Restaurants by state

This extensive list of Ethiopian and other African Restaurants in Australia was compiled and is maintained by Rosemary Hermans.

This list was last updated on June 2007

Ethiopian and other African Restaurants in Australia

ACT

NSW

South Australia

Queensland

Victoria

Western Australia

Tasmania

Recipes to Try

Spritz (or layered fruit drinks)

needed:

a breville whiz or bamix or equivalent

heavy based fry pan

choose one of these combinations, or make up your own.

(1) 2 kiwi fruit; 1/4 paw paw; 1/4 pineapple; 1/4 rockmelon

(2) avocado, papaya, pineapple & sometimes topped with watermelon

(2) banana, and any 3 of above

(3) avocado, and any of above

(4) mango

(5) guava

Instructions:

Get tall or large glasses

Peel the fruit

Reduce it in the Breville (or equivalent)

Put the thickest fruit in the glass first (and the runniest in last) . If it is not done this way the thicker tends to sink into the thinner resulting in everything mixing up.

Example of order from thickest to runniest would be: banana, pawpaw, kiwi fruit, pineapple, rockmelon.

Notes:

Could make with 3 to 6 layers of fruit.

Fantastic for brekky or lunch or anytime really

Serve with a spoon.

If you find your wizz/blender is clogging up too much with the avocado don't use water to make the processing easier, use a small amount of fresh pineapple, orange or lemon juice

'Shoombra'

Needed:

• Chickpeas (dry not in a tin)
• optional: berbere (Ethiopian spice - only if like a hot flavour)
• A heavy based frying pan

Instructions:

• Boil the chick peas until they are chewable, but not as soft as the tinned chick peas
• Drain
• Dry roast them in a heavy based frying pan, stirring all the time until they are dry
• They may be tinged a little brown but the important thing is that they are dry.
• Sprinkle with a tiny bit of salted water

Notes:

• Can soak the chickpeas overnight in water with a little salt (and berbere if you want it spicy) . this way the taste goes through the chickpeas
• Fry if making a small amount, and bake for larger quantities
• Can be eaten by the handful
• They can be stored for a couple of weeks (the comment of parents are that they don't last long enough to be able to be stored)
• Are good as a snack in replacement of packets of chips
• This is the 'mild version' - to make hotter also sprinkle with a tiny bit of berbere (probably not recommended for little kids)

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