SEEDS

The flavor of flax seeds is often described as being nutty and toasty. There are two types of flax seed in Ethiopia. Ivory and brown. It is a flavor ful fiber rich spice  for legume dishes and blended beverages.  Flax seeds are a nutrient-dense food containing many of the compounds needed for good health

Safflower seed juice is  part of the Ethiopian kitchen. Brilliant white it mimics milk. It an all purpose cooking seed used as roasted snack, oil and refreshing beverages

 This black and brown sees are marked by their unusual, sharp, piquant taste. 

 "it's the buttery, complex Ethiopian sesame seeds that produce the best tahini, prized throughout the Middle East and beyond. And those sesame seeds start here in the rich soils of  Ethiopia. (saveur)

Cultivated in the Ethiopian Highlands the Guizotia Abyssinica or Nyger Seed is harvested for it light oil. . Nug seeds are mixed with grains lightly roasted  as a snack.