Ga'at

Ga'at ( Tigrinya: ጋኣት ) is a dish of the ethnic groups Habesha, Tigre and Bilen, and thus used in Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is generally prepared as a breakfast, but especially for celebrations after childbirth. ( As to the flour rises in the stomach, it should fill according to popular belief, the resulting by the birth of emptiness in the abdomen of the mother. )

In the preparation of toasted barley or millet flour is heated under constant pounding with a wooden spoon with water. Ga'at is typically served in the form of a volcano: A depression in the middle is with a mixture of melted butter ( Tesmi ) and the spice mix Berbere filled. In order to mitigate the sharpness of the volcano is externally edged with yogurt. Several guests eat together in a bowl until the " volcano " last breaks out and the reddish butter pours into the yogurt.