Butcha

Fast, easy and healthy Chickpea recipe, Buticha is a flavorful Ethiopian dish made with chickpea flour, olive oil, water, onions, tomatoes, garlic, and hot pepper flakes or serrano pepper. The preparation process is quite simple…….

Butcha
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Chickpea flour
- 1.25 Cup Water
- 1 Onion
- 3-4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tomato
- 3 cloves Garlic
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Mix chickpea flour and 1 cup water
- Cook the mixture on low temperature setting for 10-15 minutes, stirring Consistently and add few drops of water to the bottom so it wont burn
- Set aside and let it cool
- In a small pan Saute onion with olive oil for 3-5 minutes
- Add diced tomato and garlic, saute for another 3-5
- Add the cooked chickpea, then cook for about 5 minutes. (Crush the cooked chickpea into pieces using fork, knife or your hands)
- Add desired amount of salt and pepper
- Serve warm, you may garnish with Serrano pepper, bell pepper, parsley or chili flakes
Notes
- Stirring might be a bit tiring, specially if you are making bigger serving but make sure to stir consistently for an even cooking
- The cooked chickpea can be stored 2-3 months in the freezer in air tight container for later use.
- The cooler it gets the chunkier, can be easily crushed into smaller pieces
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