Fasolia Wot (Ethiopian String Beans Stew) Recipe

Fasolia Wot is great vegan/ vegetarian friendly dish that can be used as a side-dish complementing any other Ethiopian food. Here is a simple recipe that you can follow to make Fasolia Wot at home.

Ingredients Required to Make Fasolia Wot

  • 1 pound of trimmed string beans
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 potato
  • 3 green onions
  • 3 tbsp of olive oil
  • 1 stalk of celery
  • 1 seeded and diced tomato
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 1 tsp of tomato paste
  • 0.5 tsp of Berbere
  • 0.25 tsp of basil
  • 0.5 tsp of garlic powder
  • 1 seeded and sliced hot green pepper (jalapeno)
  • 0.25 tsp of black pepper
  • 0.25 tsp of Salt

How to Make Fasolia Wot (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

  1. Start by cooking the string beans in boiling water for 10 minutes or until they get crisp-tender.
  2. In the meantime, cut all the vegetables into the required shapes.
  3. Then cook the green onions in a mid-sized pot with 1 tbsp of oil for 1 min.
  4. Next, add the celery, carrots, potatoes, red onion, along with the remaining oil, and stir-fry them together for 10 min.
  5. Then add the bell pepper and continue cooking for about 1 min.
  6. Next, add the tomato paste, garlic, basil, Berbere, black pepper, and salt, along with 0.5 cup of water, and cook them together for about 5 min.
  7. To keep their green color, string beans should be drained using a strainer and washed using cold water.
  8. Combine the string beans with the vegetable wot, and cook them together for 10 min.
  9. Finally, add the hot green peppers, remove them from heat, and serve your Fasolia Wot.

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Fasolia Wot Recipe

Fasolia Wot (Ethiopian String Beans Stew) Recipe

5 from 1 vote
Recipe by The Ethiopian Food Course: Side Dishes, Lunch, DinnerCuisine: EthiopianDifficulty: Intermediate
Servings

6

servings

Fasolia Wot is great vegan/ vegetarian friendly dish that can be used as a side-dish complementing any other Ethiopian food. Here is a simple recipe that you can follow to make Fasolia Wot at home.

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  • Start by cooking the string beans in boiling water for 10 minutes or until they get crisp-tender.
  • In the meantime, cut all the vegetables into the required shapes.
  • Then cook the green onions in a mid-sized pot with 1 tbsp of oil for 1 min.
  • Next, add the celery, carrots, potatoes, red onion, along with the remaining oil, and stir-fry them together for 10 min.
  • Then add the bell pepper and continue cooking for about 1 min.
  • Next, add the tomato paste, garlic, basil, Berbere, black pepper, and salt, along with 0.5 cup of water, and cook them together for about 5 min.
  • To keep their green color, string beans should be drained using a strainer and washed using cold water.
  • Combine the string beans with the vegetable wot, and cook them together for 10 min.
  • Finally, add the hot green peppers, remove them from heat, and serve your Fasolia Wot.

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