Roasted Barley Dumplings · Tigrayan Snack
Tihlo
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Eating tihlo is a hands-on social ritual: everyone shares one central bowl and takes turns spearing dough balls with the same two-pronged wooden fork.
Tihlo is made from roasted barley flour kneaded into a firm dough, then rolled into small balls set around a shared bowl of spicy meat stew. Diners spear each ball on a two-pronged wooden fork and dip it into the sauce.
Why it's made this way: The dish traces back to the historical Agame area of Tigray, where roasted barley long stood in for teff and wheat in a highland climate suited to hardier grains.
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