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

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Ethiopian

Servings 4

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 

Keyword chickpeas, ethiopianfood, healthy, veganrecipe