The most popular traditional food in Ethiopia is 'injera'-a type of spongy, thin bread made from 'tif' flour. 'Tif' is a small corn that grows in Ethiopia. Since the climate in Israel is not appropriate for growing 'tif', merchants bring 'tif' and sell it to the Ethiopian community in Israel.

Injera is usually eaten with sauce and meat, vegetables, beans, etc.

The sauce is called 'waat' and is well flavored and very spicy. A traditional Ethiopian meal is eaten only with fingers, silverware is not used.

Women make a drink in the house called 'tele'-a type of home-brewed beer or 'taj'-a sweet and sour drink made from honey.

Drinking 'buna'-black coffee includes a lengthy and significant social ritual. The ceremony includes: heating the coffee beans, the smelling of the beans by all those present, grinding the beans, preparing the coffee, pouring the coffee into small cups. Each person present is required to drink at least three cups. Relatives and neighbors are included in the ceremony and everyone discusses daily social issues.