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Teff flour, water and a little yellow starter liquid (ersho) saved from the last batch ferment for one to three days into a sour batter. A small part is boiled into absit and stirred back for a short second rise, then the batter is steam-baked on one side on a hot griddle into a thin, spongy flatbread covered in small holes. Made in 7 steps over 4 days – 7 days. The longest step, first fermentation, takes 24 h – 3 days (Mengesha Y 2022) and runs at 17–25 °C (Keyeta G.T. 2021). Kazachstania humilis (Candida milleri), in over 80% of household samples and dominant in ersho and Saccharomyces cerevisiae do most of the fermenting.
Amounts from a sourceProportions are those reviewed by Neela and Fanta 2020. Household amounts are not standardised and vary by family; one study boiled 200 ml of fermented batter with 400 ml water for 1 kg of flour.
Total time across the recorded steps: 4 days – 7 days
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What changes:The saved yellow starter is stirred into teff flour and water
Step 1 of 7
Mix teff flour, water and ersho
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
L. mesenteroides
Enterococcus faecalis
Pediococcus
Lactobacilli finished
Yeasts
Output: fresh batter.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
thin, watery paste
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
ersho brings in yeasts and lactic acid bacteria
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
What makes this one different
Injera is fermented twice in one container, with a boiled part of the batter (absit) added between the two rises. Teff has no gluten, so the holes come from gas trapped in a batter thickened by gelatinised starch, and the bread is baked on one side only.
Aflegna (sweet, young injera)Fermented only 12–24 h; thick, sweet, with a reddish-brown underside.
KomtataMade from over-fermented, very sour batter.
Teff colour typesWhite (nech), mixed (sergegna) and red (key) teff give different colour and flavour.
Sorghum injeraSorghum flour kneaded with water, fermented 48 h with saved yellow liquid, thinned and baked.
Mixed-flour injeraTeff blended with sorghum, maize, barley, wheat or rice to cut cost or change texture.
Safety
Fermentation is the control step. Food-safety guidance for small producers says batter made with ersho should reach pH 4 or below within 24 h (pH 4.2 or below within 48 h without a starter), and batter that does not should be thrown away. Boil the absit to at least 74 °C for 15 s and cool the mixed batter to 21 °C within 2 h. In a challenge study, Salmonella, S. aureus and B. cereus grew in fermenting teff until about 30 h or pH 4.7, then declined. Keep injera up to 3 days at room temperature, or refrigerate it below 5 °C.
Hazards the sources name: Bacillus cereus spores, which can survive the absit boil; Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus grew in fermenting teff until about 30 h or pH 4.7, then declined; Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes reported in teff flour.
[ashenafi1994] Ashenafi M. 1994, Microbial flora and some chemical properties of ersho, a starter for teff (Eragrostis tef) fermentation, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 10:69–73, doi:10.1007/BF00357567paper
[nigatu1994] Nigatu A., Gashe B.A. 1994, Inhibition of spoilage and food-borne pathogens by lactic acid bacteria isolated from fermenting tef (Eragrostis tef) dough, Ethiopian Medical Journal 32(4):223–229, PMID 7835350paper