{"id":15372,"date":"2026-09-12T17:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/?p=15372"},"modified":"2026-09-12T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T17:17:03","slug":"doro-wat-on-enkutatash-the-new-year-feast-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/15372","title":{"rendered":"Doro Wat on Enkutatash: The New Year Feast Dish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='780' height='439' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zi4AT6uYKUs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>A day after Enkutatash, a lot of homes are still talking about the New Year plate. For many families, that means doro wat.<\/p>\n<p>Doro means chicken, and wat is the thick stew. The base is a mountain of onions cooked down slow, then berbere and niter kibbeh (spiced butter). Hard boiled eggs go in near the end, often pierced so the sauce gets in. You scoop it with injera, usually from a shared platter.<\/p>\n<p>It takes hours, so people start early or the night before. Not everyday food. It shows up for holidays, guests, and big family days like Meskerem 1. Next to the buna tray and the fresh grass, doro wat is how a lot of Ethiopians mark the turn into the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Melkam Addis Amet, and enjoy the leftovers if you still have some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after Enkutatash, a lot of homes are still talking about the New Year plate. For many families, that means doro wat. Doro means chicken, and wat is the thick stew. The base is a mountain of onions cooked down slow, then berbere and niter kibbeh (spiced butter). Hard boiled eggs go in near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sharing_disabled":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[2,4,420],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/doro-wat-featured.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9OJMY-3ZW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15374,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15372\/revisions\/15374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tewnet.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}