Key Wot

Name: Key Wot
Total time: 2 h
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: 900g beef stewing steak, cut into 3 cm cubes; 4 red onions, very finely chopped; 5 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated; 4 tbsp berbere spice mix; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 3 tbsp olive oil; 500ml water; 1 tsp ground cardamom

Beef slow simmered in a deep red berbere sauce until tender. Fiery, warming and full of flavour.

Time2 hr
LevelMedium
Costabout £1.99 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

6 servings

Ingredients

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900 gbeef stewing steakcut into 3 cm cubes
4red onionsvery finely chopped
5garlic clovescrushed
1 tbspfresh gingergrated
4 tbspberbere spice mix
2 tbsptomato purée
3 tbspolive oil
500 mlwater
1 tspground cardamom

Method

1
Cook the onions in a dry, wide pan over a medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring, until soft and reduced.
15 min
2
Add the oil, garlic and ginger and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the berbere, cardamom and tomato purée and cook for 5 minutes until dark and fragrant.
3
Add the beef and stir to coat. Pour in the water and bring to a gentle simmer.
4
Cover and cook on a low heat for 1 hour 30 minutes, stirring now and then, until the beef is very tender and the sauce is thick.
90 min
5
Uncover for the last 10 minutes if the sauce is thin. Season with salt.
6
Serve with injera, rice or flatbread.

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