A group Ethiopians having a raw meat lunch.

A group Ethiopians having a raw meat lunch.

Ethiopia🇪🇹, Horn of Africa

A group Ethiopians having a raw meat lunch.

This popular dish among the Ethiopians is called “Tere siga”.The meat mostly comes from the cow and served with a powdered hot spice blend called mitmita,a hot dipping sauce called “awaze”, and senafich (mustard sauce).

A famous theory behind Ethiopians taste for raw meat comes from the Abyssinian-Adal wa.r in 1600.It is believed that Ethiopians began to eat this food during the battle.It was a w.ar between Ethiopians and Somalians.It is believed that every time the Ehtiopian army prepared meat, the enemy easily fish them out and k.ill them in their sleep.They later came to the realization that the attàckers were using the fire that they mostly build to roast or cook the meat to locate them. To avoid being attacked in such a manner again, they chose to c0nsume their meats raw rather than roasting or c00king them.

This was later incorporated into Ethiopian culture and developed into a popular delicacy in honor of the occasion.