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Tibs
Sizzling Ethiopian sautéed lamb with caramelised onions, tomatoes and green chillies — a fast, fiery and deeply aromatic dish served on injera.
⏱ 40 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.6(534)
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Ethiopian Tomatoes Recipes
8 recipes using tomatoes — Injera, doro wat, misir — ancient spiced stews of the Horn of Africa.
These 8 ethiopian tomatoes recipes are ready in about 40 minutes on average, with 70–480 kcal per serving, and 75% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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369 kcal
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How Ethiopian cuisine cooks with tomatoes
Ethiopian cooking is ancient and intensely spiced — slow-simmered stews built on berbere and aromatic spiced butter, scooped up with sour injera. When Ethiopian cooks work with tomatoes, they reach for berbere, niter kibbeh (spiced butter), garlic, ginger and fenugreek, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are sautéing, searing, stir-frying and frying.
Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with berbere spice, niter kibbeh, garlic minced, fresh ginger grated, onions and garlic. The dishes here span ethiopian classics ready in as little as 15 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Doro Tibs is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,780 ratings.
8 Ethiopian Tomatoes Recipes
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Tibs — Ethiopian Sautéed Beef
Tender beef cubes quickly sautéed with onion, jalapeño, rosemary and niter kibbeh spiced butter — Ethiopia's most popular restaurant dish, served on injera.
⏱ 35 min🔥 480 kcalEasy
★4.8(2,987)
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Doro Tibs
Ethiopian sautéed chicken with spiced butter, vegetables, and lime — a quick, bright dinner.
⏱ 40 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.9(1,780)
dinner
Lamb Tibs
Ethiopian pan-seared lamb with vegetables and spiced butter — a quick, tender celebration.
⏱ 45 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.9(1,560)
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Yetsom Wat
Ethiopian vegan lentil and vegetable stew with spices — the fasting classic.
⏱ 60 min🔥 280 kcalEasy
★4.8(1,340)
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Misir Tibs
Ethiopian sautéed red lentils with spices and vegetables — quick and deeply flavored.
⏱ 45 min🔥 320 kcalEasy
★4.8(1,340)
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Tibs Wat (Ethiopian Spiced Sautéed Beef)
Cubes of beef seared hard with onion, garlic and the fiery red berbere spice blend, finished with niter kibbeh spiced butter — Ethiopia's beloved celebration dish for guests and Sundays.
⏱ 40 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.9(520)
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Salata (Ethiopian Tomato and Onion Salad)
A refreshing Ethiopian salad of diced tomato, onion, and jalapeno dressed simply with lemon juice and olive oil, served alongside spicy wats.
⏱ 15 min🔥 70 kcalEasy
★4.7(72)
Choosing & preparing tomatoes
How to choose
Ripe tomatoes smell fragrant at the stem and give slightly to a gentle squeeze. For cooking out of season, good-quality tinned tomatoes often beat pale fresh ones.
Prep & storage
Store at room temperature, never the fridge, which kills their flavour and texture. Score and blanch to slip off skins; salting slices draws out excess water for salads.
Nutrition
A low-calorie source of vitamin C, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene — which actually becomes more available when tomatoes are cooked.
Classic flavour partners: basil, garlic, olive oil, mozzarella, onion, oregano
Ethiopian Tomatoes Recipes — FAQ
How long do Ethiopian tomatoes recipes take to make?
Most of these 8 Ethiopian tomatoes recipes are ready in around 40 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Salata (Ethiopian Tomato and Onion Salad), takes about 15 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 60 minutes.
How many calories are in Ethiopian tomatoes dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 70 to 480 kcal per serving, averaging 369 kcal — Salata (Ethiopian Tomato and Onion Salad) is the lightest option at 70 kcal.
What is the easiest Ethiopian tomatoes recipe for beginners?
Tibs is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 40 minutes. 75% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with tomatoes in Ethiopian cooking?
In these recipes, tomatoes is most often paired with berbere spice, niter kibbeh, garlic minced, fresh ginger grated, onions and garlic. Ethiopian kitchens also lean on berbere, niter kibbeh (spiced butter), garlic, ginger and fenugreek.
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