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Fit-fit or fir-fir (Ge'ez: ፍትፍት fətfət; ፍርፍር fərfər), (Oromo: chechebsaa), is an Ethiopian and Eritrean food typically served as breakfast. It is generally made with shredded Ethiopian flat bread (injera or kitcha), spiced clarified butter (niter kibbeh), and a hot spice blend called berbere. Fit-fit is served by preparing a sauce from the butter and spices, and blending it with the shredded flatbread. There are two main varieties of fit-fit depending on the type of flatbread being used: the sourdough injera and the unleavened kitcha. ¹

Injera fit-fit (enjera fetfet; also taita fit-fit in Tigrinya) is a combination of shredded injera, berbere, onions, and clarified butter. Variations on this basic recipe are common in which the name of the additional item is commonly used as a prefix (e.g. injera with shiro is called shiro fit-fit). In Eritrea, leftover meat sauces (zighni or tsebhi) are often added to injera fit-fit and served for breakfast with raw chili peppers and yoghurt on the side. Similarly, in Ethiopia, leftover wat is used as a main ingredient along with injera. It can also have cubed meat and boiled egg added. Injera fit-fit can be eaten with a spoon when served in a bowl or eaten with the right hand when served atop of another piece of injera as is typical in Ethiopian or Eritrean cuisine. ¹

Kitcha fit-fit (variations in Ethiopia: kitta fer-fer, kita fir-fir; widely known by its Oromo name chechebsa) is a combination of shredded kitcha (Tigrinya) or kitta (Amharic), berbere, and clarified butter. Kitcha fit-fit is sometimes eaten with plain yogurt (urgo in Amharic and rug-o in Tigrinya). Unlike most Ethiopian foods, it is eaten with a utensil (usually a spoon). ¹

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Fit-fit”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. ¹

fit-fit is Ethiopian food, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. ²

The source record links this tradition to 3 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. ²