ethiopian food

First time poster here. I am at a conference in San Francisco. I had ethiopian food for the first time tonight. It was so good. I had some chicken dish that was kind of like a fajita with curry seasoning called Doro Tibs. Plus it was served with that spongy bread. However I have no idea if it was a healthy dish or not. Any ideas?

I understand that the injera (the spongy bread, and I think I spelled it wrong) is high cal food.  There's lots of really good vegetarian lowfat ethiopian foods.  By the way, I would love to check out that restaurant, do you have the address/name of it?  Thanks!

Where was the restaurant. The Ethiopian place I go to in San Fran is call Masawa on Haight and Clayton

It was on Fillmore Street and called the Sheba Lounge.  Was it really a fatty meal?  That's a bummer!

I love Ethiopian food.  I don't think injera is much worse than any other bread type, here's an offsite link with cals and nutrition info:  http://www.fitday.com/webfit/FoodFacts_Outsid e.html

There's also a great Ethiopian restaurant in Oakland around Telegraph and 51st, called Asmara that my husband and I are very fond of (in fact we had our first date there, awww.)

I also went for ethiopian recently and has the most amazing lentils which were pretty healthy. I ran home and looked up the recipe and it's pretty simple once you put the spice mixture together

berberé lentil stew

To make berberé spice mixture, combine:

1 Tbs. ground cardamom
1 Tbs. ground coriander
1 Tbs. fenugreek
1 Tbs. ground nutmeg
1 Tbs. ground cloves
1 Tbs. ground allspice
1 Tbs. cinnamon
1 Tbs. paprika
1 Tbs. turmeric
1 tsp. cayenne
1 Tbs. ground black pepper
1 Tbs. ground sea salt

Store in a cool, dark place.

The stew:

1/2 large onion, chopped
1 + 1/4 cup red lentils
2 1/4 cups water
1 garlic clove, crushed
1-2 Tbs. berberé spice mixture, above
1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes

Mix lentils with water, garlic, onion, and spices. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat, for 20 minutes or until the lentils have softened.   Watch carefully and add water if it starts to dry out.  Add the tomatoes and heat at least 15 more minutes. Good alone or over whole grains such as brown rice

Club Waizema on Divisidero is supposed to be really good.  And there's a place on Valencia by Modern Times bookstore that's really good.

Anyway, I've always thought that Ethiopian food is a lot like Indian food in the sense that they use a lot of oil in all of the dishes.  Vegetarian or not.  And becuase you eat with the bread instead of a fork, you're eating a handful of bread with every bite.

It is delicious though.  So is Indian food.  I haven't had either in years.  It's sad to be so freaked out by calories that you won't eat anything good.

I love Ethiopian food! We have a vegan Ethiopian restarant here. I kinda had a feeling that Injera was high cal! But you get filled up pretty fast. It's cheap and tasty and healthy. (well i only get gomen (mustard green dip), kik (pea dip), soy curry (tvp in spicy sauce), and ferfer (spicy sauce mixed with injera).