Africa’s SUPER CHEAP Street Food!! Ethiopia’s Big Flavor Market!!

in this video oh it smells really good

we're going deep into the food of one of

Ethiopia's biggest markets this place is

known as Chola Market it is wild and it

has absolutely everything from cooked

ready to eat food to food that's still

walking around alive with a heartbeat I

just got to Ethiopia about two hours ago

it's my first time here and I can't wait

to see and learn more about this place

it is a huge combination of different

cultures people tribes and Foods this

place is bustling it's a city of 5.5

million people that's a lot of people

and so that's going to be a lot of

action here at this market today we're

going to see what people have to offer

what the typical wears are and then of

course we're going to look for the most

unique interesting food we can find

let's go

yeah

we have come into the kitchen of our

first destination right here hello Salam

feeling good

you know this is what people like about

my show I have this amazing ability to

build rapport with just anybody around

the world look at this this lady's

not impressed actually but who cares

about that here's the food right here we

have a pepper a tomato sauce and she's

put in some oil as well she's scooping

out some spaghetti noodles even more

sauce going on top it looks very fatty

that's going to get a little bit of a

mix here we go this is the sauce very

oily and it smells incredible and very

spicy and then here's just a giant stack

of injiro and jira is Ethiopian bread

that gets ripped up and put into this

Rich sauce give that a little bit of a

mix so now the sauce salt and jeera

bread is going on next to the pasta wow

and even that gets mixed up together

from here vegetables layered on top what

even more bread this is enough to feed

eight people she rolls up the bread she

tears it into three different pieces and

she puts that on the edge that my

friends is complete oh and a handshake

thank you hey we bonded in the end a

little bit

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hi everybody hey everyone he just wanted

to say hi to the world yeah it's not the

whole world but like half yes oh

you still gotta wash up he just hit with

his hands I want to do that too take

care guys bye-bye we have our meal right

here this costs 5.5 it's a lot of food

actually I came in here I saw him and

two of his friends were eating a platter

exactly the size I saw it and I said I

want to get that for myself this is the

Indira bread this is like this magical

bread of Ethiopia it's flexible it's

flat it rolls up

first of all it has a slightly sour

smell to it like a slightly fermented

smell but that's very pleasant all right

here we go we're gonna get a nice

healthy bite oh look at that big noodle

bite

oh it's a bit spicy it's a radiant heat

in my chest and I taste tomato in there

too the sauce is also a little bit sour

my main thing here is that this is like

carb on carb on carb use the bread to

eat the bread that is what's happening

here it is basically like a little bread

roll up it's like what's in your bread

roller uh bread obviously

but that wet bread has its own texture

spongy sour it is a good flavor I like

it wait last bite right here it looks

like some cabbage it looks like some

local greens that's a nice healthy bite

it tastes like something between cabbage

and collard greens it is also very sour

this is our first meal for today a

delicious start very unique very

creative let's keep going

we are truly in the market right now

right here they're uploading some of

their livestock so I'm right here in

these big giant baskets these are full

of chickens oh he's gonna pull it up

while the chicken doesn't like that much

at all right what a guy he just said hey

I can show you a sample if you want here

it is I'm not exactly gonna bring it

back to the Hyatt but that's looking

juicy yes thank you I'm gonna say ganalo

in goes the chicken this is no easy feat

it looks heavy plus it's very bulky it

is just like a giant tumbler it's like a

dryer full of chickens oh look at this

technique on the shoulders it gets a

good grip feathers flying everywhere and

he takes it away

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restaurant here and there's so much

action going on oh take a look at this

this is a huge big pot of cabbage do you

need help do you want me to do it no no

no no no no all right I'm helping out a

little bit she absolutely did not ask

for my help but I just jumped in anyways

oh it smells really good so I've just

asked to order some so she has a cast

iron skillet she just put some kind of a

spicy butter on it and now cabbage goes

on top of that take a look at this it's

a hot sizzling fajita plate oh and then

it goes on top of some Enduro thank you

very much beautiful this right here is

some traditional Ethiopian coffee oh yes

sugar please so she asked if I want some

sugar I said yes because I think it's

gonna be very bitter that is looking

very dark it's gonna give me a heart

attack it looks small but threatening

and deadly I'm scared all right let's go

eat and drink

she's behind me like hey you're taking

up all my space at least eat it we have

our coffee we have our main course all

this together three dollars here we have

the Cabbage that I helped make we have

the injira bread and then right here

some chili powder this is Ethiopian

coffee my first taste of coffee in

Ethiopia cheers

oh it's such a nice flavor I gotta be

careful with that though it's gonna give

me heart palpitation we have about 25

people watching me eat right now like

these guys right here hey I'm gonna take

some of this in jira I'm gonna pick up a

big old piece of cabbage with spices the

smell was amazing I'm told there's

cardamom

it's almost like sauerkraut a little bit

I wonder if the greens themselves are

fermented it's like when you cook kimchi

on pork fat it gets even more sour

except for it's not spicy at all that's

what the chili powder on the side is for

let's hit it again cabbage chili powder

a little hit of extra flavor let's go

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I think I inhale the powder I'm okay I'm

a man it's so delicious it's my time

like a weird commentary but if I was on

a diet this is like the perfect food

this has so few calories and it's so

filling you get all the flavor from the

veggies and then you get all your

calories from the bread and then you get

all the heat from that chili powder it's

a wonderful combination this is just the

beginning let's keep moving

that's a nice piece of this is

something you don't see every day

especially at a market they are selling

dried cow eyes what is the purpose of

this this is a great fuel for fire this

is something that's even used all over

the world and it's great because it is

like recycling it's organic you're not

burning down wood from trees you're

taking resources from nature that are

renewable hey screw solar energy screw

wind power cow poo let's keep moving

well we're not eating bread we're

hanging out in the spice section that's

what they've got right here this is

where all the flavor comes from we've

got garlic shallots Ginger cumin Sweet

Basil coriander black cumin fenugreek

cardamom as you heard they have an

extensive list of different spices and

herbs this is heart of them now I've

never seen cardamom outside of a powder

so evidently the cardamom seeds are

inside of here wow I thought this would

be a fun thing to do on camera it's not

that fun can you open it oh look at that

it peels it like it's nothing oh thank

you and actually it's like kind of a

bundle of seeds and it smells great it

just reminds me of Indian chai tea chai

tea means TT for those who didn't know

anytime I come across this place I'm not

that familiar with I like to just taste

it raw or in its purest form just so I

like have it cemented in my mind what

that flavor is let's try some cardamom

wow fragrant almost flowery you're not

meant to eat it that way I'll tell you

that it almost makes your tongue cool in

the end because it's just a pure dose of

cardamom there's a hint of almost like a

tiger balm in there like an icy hot but

the icy part not the hot part let's keep

moving

all right we found our next food right

here this is a unique cactus fruit he's

got a bunch here and he's got some that

are cut already I've never actually

eaten this fruit I don't think I have oh

he peels it open and then take a look at

that I'm gonna try just to see what it

looks like on the inside yeah really

unique texture it's like all these

individual seeds compressed together to

make a really funky looking texture I

was going to share this with them but

it's it's pretty gloopy and it touched

my hands quite a bit it's it's like I

got Cactus herself Evan hurry up

it's very mealy like an overripe Apple

just a texture and tons and tons of

seeds inside slightly sweet it's good uh

healthy no no super unique interesting

and kind of good I think I like it oh

life tax White bites

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we've hit another stall on the edge of

the market here and come take a look at

this bed right here with a huge plate of

samosas they're super fresh and he's

gonna drop them in the oil right now I

love that you can see that they're

homemade and he's frying it right here

it sounds like you fried it at home and

brought it here these are going to be

fresh these are going to be hot

we got some burgers here we're gonna get

some of that too

carrying today but here's the thing the

city doesn't only have vegetarian food

that's what we're trying so far but the

market we were just in they also have

big raw slabs of beef hanging out and

people eat it raw we're going to be

doing that later on the main Channel but

for now this is a potato sandwich

obviously we have tons of spices we have

potato kind of cut into French fries and

I heard there's onions too let's try it

out

there's a lot of chili butter on there

that's bringing some heat so far people

here not afraid of spice I like that the

bun is nice and soft as you bite into it

to get through all those fries the bun

really shrinks down into kind of a

mashed piece of bread with plenty of

potato in between

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this is an interesting way to eat french

fries in this building it is satisfying

it's extremely affordable and it's very

filling this right here is 50 Cents that

is the sandwich now I'm moving on to the

Samosa they use a wheat dough wrapper on

the outside and I asked what's inside is

it potato chicken mutton pork beef feel

this is actually a lentil Samosa let's

try it out cheers

still hot still greasy very nice taste

it's got tons of chives in here this is

fantastic

is starchy it's warm it's almost like a

split piece but then there's tons of

onions in there too good amount of

seasoning with Saltine it's very nice is

it your recipe this man right here hey

this recipe from home that's fantastic

I've had Samosa in many places around

the world people will fry it and sell it

for days it's cold and it's stale when

you get it this is so warm and delicious

and steamy and it's full of lentils

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you hear the crunch every time the

crunch very good also only 50 cents very

affordable let's keep moving

all right we just settled upon this band

right here so I'm nice to meet you so

I'm told this is like a local natural

toothbrush before the industry of

brushing teeth was corporatized this is

how people did it long ago and still

today it's a wet steak it comes from a

very specific plant and then you just

rub it on your teeth and you kind of rub

it someone wrote in my comments today

though my teeth are getting yellow so

hopefully this helps good uh thank you

they are very cheap just a few pennies

for one I'm gonna buy this one because

it was in my mouth it seems appropriate

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upon what I think is is going to be our

final food for today right here this

woman's making another type of sandwich

but this is a falafel sandwich let's go

see how it's made so this is how the

Falafel making process works she has a

unique tool here for portioning the

exact right amount of Falafel batter so

then she dumps it right here into the

oil the Falafel is coming fresh out the

oil that looks delicious and very very

crispy everything starts with a white

bun we get three not one not two but

three Falafel pieces and those are all

sliced in half that goes inside then we

get a dollop of this green chili sauce

which looks delicious and spicy perhaps

and then an egregious amount of ketchup

I've got my sandwich here let's go eat

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come take a look at it generally I'm not

a huge fan of Falafel because I find it

really dry and gritty but this will

ensure and dry because she put about a

metric ton of ketchup on there but I

gotta say it kind of looks good it looks

soupy it looks goopy and it kind of

looks pretty

I'm getting a lot of sugary tomato notes

so far the bun is a bit dry so it's hard

to work your way around Falafel is so

dry it kind of makes sense that you

might want to let the Falafel soak up

all that ketchup if it was up to me I

think I would just open it like this and

eat the Falafel straight up let's try

that

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as someone who usually does not

appreciate Falafel best falafel I've

ever had insanely crunchy even with a

Niles riverworth of ketchup very very

good the woman preparing this was a

Muslim lady actually the population here

is about 25 Muslim the majority is

Christian but there's a lot of different

groups mixed together which means more

food I like it

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ladies and gentlemen that is the end of

the video here in Addis Ababa I hope you

enjoyed it I really didn't know what to

expect I walked in blindly I had a

wonderful guide with me huge thank you

here to mulday for joining me and

guiding me along the way otherwise guys

this is just a little bit of a taste or

a teaser to come soon we're going to be

posting on our main Channel a lot of

content from this country from tribal

food to exotic food to an even bigger

variety of street food here in Arizona

so stick around for that otherwise guys

thank you so much for watching that is

it for this one I will see you next time

peace all right I

don't need more bread I could tell you

that I need some meat other than your

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