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“The beef is meant to still be raw at the center — cooked versions exist, but purists order it rare enough to taste the meat itself.”
What the real thing tastes like
Fresh beef is cut into cubes and tossed with awaze (chili paste) and niter kibbeh (spiced clarified butter), traditionally served raw or barely seared, distinguishing it from the long-simmered wats that dominate Ethiopian cuisine. Meat freshness and butcher quality matter more here than in any other Ethiopian dish, since there's no long cooking to mask it.
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Reviewers treat this as a trust signal for a restaurant — a kitchen confident enough to serve it raw is assumed to have excellent meat sourcing. Those less comfortable with raw beef ask for it lightly seared, which reviewers note changes the texture significantly but keeps the awaze-butter flavour intact.
Order it here when it has
- rich spiced butter
- fresh meat flavour
- customizable doneness
Walk away when you see
- raw texture not for everyone
- quality-dependent
- very rich
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