DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Alicha
Eritrean cabbage, potato and carrot preparation with turmeric, garlic and green peppers.

About Alicha
Kochen mit Flüchtlingen records this vegetable alichia in its Eritrean meal collection. The community project shares foods participants describe as typical of their home countries, including this cabbage, potato and carrot preparation.
Turmeric provides the yellow spice note, with onion and garlic contributing savoury aromatics. Green pepper pieces join the vegetables, while oil supplies the cooking medium.
Cabbage sits alongside strips of potato and carrot in the combined dish. The vegetables remain distinct pieces, with green pepper adding a contrasting element to the turmeric-coloured mixture.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Alicha
Kochen mit Flüchtlingen’s Eritrean vegetable alichia.
- CarrotsBase
- OnionAromatic
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- TurmericSeasoning
- CabbageBase
- PotatoesBase
- Green pepperoniBaseIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- WaterLiquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Carrots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Both listed oil allocations consolidated; botanical type unspecified.
- Turmeric: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cabbage: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green pepperoni: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source green pepper fruit; precise cultivar/heat unprovided, not Italian meat sausage.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit cabbage preboil alternative42 selected over direct oil-first cabbage branch.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Eritrea
- EritreaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Eritrean Cuisine
- Eritrean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.