DISH RESEARCH · Breakfast
Kitcha Fit-Fit
An Eritrean breakfast of torn wheat flatbread, spiced clarified butter and berbere, with optional plain yogurt.
About Kitcha Fit-Fit
Kitcha fit-fit is a breakfast of torn wheat flatbread with tesmi and berbere, familiar in Eritrean and Ethiopian cooking. This rendition uses whole-wheat and type 00 flour for the unleavened bread.
The small pieces carry the richness of spiced butter and the warmth of a chilli-based seasoning blend. Toasted surfaces and a soft interior give the bread a varied texture throughout the dish.
Plain yogurt is an optional accompaniment. Its cool, tangy character offers another texture alongside the richly seasoned bread pieces.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kitcha Fit-Fit
Ujamaa's Eritrean kitcha fit-fit with tesmi and berbere.
- Whole-wheat flourBase
- Type 00 wheat flourBase
- WaterLiquid
- Oil for greasing panCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- Unsalted butter for tesmiCooking medium
- Korerima for tesmiSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Nechazmud for tesmiSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Tikurazmud for tesmiSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Koseret for tesmiSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- FenugreekSeasoning
- Fresh ginger for tesmiAromatic · Optional
- Lemongrass leavesSeasoning · Optional
- Dried Anaheim red chilliesSeasoning
- Dried shallotAromatic
- Dried garlicAromatic
- Nigella seedsSeasoning
- Ajwain seedsSeasoning
- Dried gingerSeasoning
- Coriander seedsSeasoning
- CinnamonSeasoning
- Dried rosemarySeasoning
- Ethiopian holy basilSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Black cardamomSeasoning
- Rue seedsSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Ground cuminSeasoning
- Plain yogurtAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole-wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Main79 wholemeal flour bound to explicit wheat bread identity72; Wheat definite.
- Type 00 wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Main80 Italian farina00; normal wheat flour identity, also WeekendBakery actual99. Exact milling/protein unknown, Wheat positive.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main81/96 dough and literal finger-dipping98; full own Berbere99 chilli rinse consolidated; no inferred extra butter-washing water.
- Oil for greasing pan: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main82/97 literal generic oil, botanical composition unknown.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main85/101 explicit bread finish salt.
- Unsalted butter for tesmi: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Own linked Tesmi77/92–96 full production expanded. Milk definite despite later straining; no absence claim.
- Korerima for tesmi: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Tesmi78/88 Ethiopian cardamom Korerima, coarsely ground and whole initial marinade uses consolidated. Exact registry botanical equivalence to conventional cardamom not established.
- Nechazmud for tesmi: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Tesmi79/89 literally white cumin/Nechazmud. Keep native exact named component; botanical identity not forced to cumin or ajwain.
- Tikurazmud for tesmi: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Tesmi80/90 literally black cumin/Tikurazmud. Native-term identity remains unresolved, separate from own Berbere explicitly defined Nigella82.
- Koseret for tesmi: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Tesmi81/87 explicitly Lippia Abyssinica/Koseret, marinade and later use consolidated; no approved exact candidate found.
- Fenugreek: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Tesmi82 coarsely ground Abish and own Berbere90 fenugreek combined as same broad food; no seed/leaf assumption beyond source.
- Fresh ginger for tesmi (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Tesmi83 peeled/pressed ginger explicitly optional. Separate from required dried ginger in Berbere84.
- Lemongrass leaves (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Tesmi84 citronella leaves explicitly optional; not stalk.
- Dried Anaheim red chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere77 first named Anaheim dried chillies; California Red Chiles wording retained as source terminology, broader dried-red-chilli candidate only.79 replacement cultivars unselected.
- Dried shallot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere80 literal dried shallot; broad shallot candidate, processing preserved in name.
- Dried garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere81 dried garlic; not invented fresh garlic.
- Nigella seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere82 explicitly equates its black cumin with Nigella seeds; unlike unverified Tesmi native Tikurazmud identity, this allocation has literal botanical identification.
- Ajwain seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere83 explicitly Ajwain; not carambola fruit despite source Italian common-name wording.
- Dried ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere84 dried ginger distinct from optional fresh ginger Tesmi83.
- Coriander seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere85 literal seeds, not fresh coriander leaves.
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere86, exact form/species unprovided before overall grinding.
- Dried rosemary: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere87.
- Ethiopian holy basil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere88 exact Ethiopian holy basil; precise botanical equivalence to generic holy-basil registry not established.
- Black cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere89 literal black cardamom; separate from Tesmi Ethiopian Korerima.
- Rue seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere91 literal rue seeds; no exact registry candidate found.
- Ground cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own Berbere92 explicit ground cumin, not inferred equal to native Nechazmud.
- Plain yogurt (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Main89 explicitly optional plain yogurt; final102 serving imperative does not override explicit omission. Milk retained.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- EritreaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Eritrean
- Ethiopian
- Eritrean CuisineCatalogue link pending review