Pantry guide
Best Niter kibbeh for home cooking
What Niter kibbeh is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
The gold of the Ethiopian pot: butter slow-cooked with spices until the kitchen smells like a feast before the stew even starts.
Use it the way other kitchens use olive oil or ghee: to start onions, to bloom berbere, to finish a bowl of shiro. A spoon in a vegetable stew is already a statement.
If you must substitute, use ghee and a pinch of fenugreek and cardamom. It will not be the same. It will be closer than plain butter.
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